The purpose of this chapter is to enable owners of properties within the “R-1"; “R-1A”; “R-2"; “R-2A”; “R-3"; and “R-3A” residential zoning districts to petition the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council to establish district use regulations in their residential neighborhoods in order to restrict rental use of single-family detached dwellings. This chapter establishes restrictions intended to preserve the attractiveness, desirability and privacy of residential neighborhoods by precluding all or certain types of rental properties, thereby precluding the deleterious effect rental properties can have on a neighborhood such as property deterioration, increased density, congestion, and noise and traffic levels leading to the reduction of property values. The goal of this chapter is to allow owners of properties within residential neighborhoods to control the types of rental properties, if any, that are permitted as single-family detached dwellings within their neighborhood. It is also the purpose of this chapter:
(a) To protect the privacy of residents and to minimize noise, congestion and nuisance impacts by regulating types of rental properties.
(b) To maintain an attractive community appearance and to provide a desirable living environment for residents by preserving the owner-occupies character of the neighborhood; and
(c) To prevent excessive traffic and parking problems in the neighborhoods.
(Ord. 2014-52. Passed 7-8-14.)