[0:00] 6:30 someone to call the meeting to order and Ro Hall Commission elire here [0:06] commissioner mayor commissioner bar here commissioner Hughes commissioner Borman [0:12] yes commissioner Hoffman here [Music] [0:24] Bagley pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the for [0:35] stands indivisible and justice for [0:41] all the first item on the agenda is review and approval of PR meeting [0:46] minutes this would be the minutes um attached to your packet from 6:13 does [0:51] anyone have any um thing to discuss regarding the pr [0:58] minutes we have [1:06] a all those in favor all those [1:11] opposed all right that brings us to the um action part of the agenda and this is [1:19] the public hearing piece regarding the request for vbo uh property at 222 [1:24] Denton and I will open the public hearing piece of the [1:30] meetings so at this time we have if anybody from the public would like to [1:34] have anything to say if you would stand and state your address and your name [1:38] before speaking um and then you'll have your opportunity to speak so that's open [1:42] at this time can I talk about something other than the [1:46] vbo or should I wait I think we should start with a vbo piece of it and let's [1:52] get through that and we we'll see what where it [1:55] goes hi yes ma'am I am Kelly Conor 222 Den street that is my [2:02] resident and I just want to say that the reason for the vbo is that I do travel a [2:08] lot and in traveling a lot I have family here which is I have two daughters and [2:14] two son-in-laws Aubrey and Eli are from [2:19] Calia root here children that go to school here I've been involved in things [2:24] here um my other son and daughter they in Paulsville all of which are very [2:30] close in the event that something does occur if I am out of town um the other [2:35] thing is that I've had the privilege of staying at thr rollin's house the sne [2:39] house seeing sisters for and I am familiar with Betty and some of the [2:44] others that are in the community and um I love centrea I've um been coming here [2:50] for the past seven years and um the the community itself it [2:56] seems to be a very tight k tight-knit Community and a very caring Community [3:02] the the owners of the different facilities or stores within [3:07] the square and that I've come across everybody has always been very friendly [3:10] and very welcoming and it's nice to see that the community is [3:14] growing um and it does seem even with Hubble and the different Honeywell the [3:20] things that are around much less all of the colleges that are [3:24] here that um the need is there for the additional space to say um it is a four [3:32] bedroom house and I'm doing my very best since I've been here I put a roof on the [3:38] house we've done new Landscaping to the house um the inside is furnished very [3:45] nicely and modestly so that it's comfortable but for us when we're here [3:49] but also for anybody that may come in it's family friendly and it's child [3:54] friendly um the fence the yard is gated um and I think it would be I think [4:00] it would be a lovely addition it's not a matter of it's uh the intention is not [4:04] for it to disrupt the community or disrupt the block there are a lot of [4:08] children on the Block so whatever is you know whatever [4:12] is required of the city I'd be glad to um you know if you need documents or [4:16] present anything I'd be happy to do that all right thank you [4:21] um did we have anyone else to speak regarding the [4:27] vbo yes ma'am um I just got to meet Kelly I readed tashy at [4:34] 217 so I'm just kind of this way from her my main concern when I got the [4:42] letter that it was going in was now are are we going to have to give up our nice [4:47] quiet neighborhood are our children going to [4:50] be at risk that run up and down the streets and and [4:58] um is there some kind of condition people have to have to go and stay in [5:04] there and then on the other hand I think well I have friends that come to visit [5:11] people at Sunnydale and they might like a place to [5:16] stay and so I don't I'm not either yay or nay [5:22] I just kind of wanted some answers inform to what to expect okay cuz I [5:28] really never never by [5:31] [Music] a whatever and actually I've never heard [5:37] of one before and but I've never lived by that to see what kind [5:44] of in and out traffic comes so uh since I've gotten more information [5:53] I'm getting excited about it and happy for Kelly if she can find [6:00] to stay in there and and give her a little extra money on the side [6:07] there well thank you anyone else regarding the [6:13] drbo so I did receive two phone calls um they were just concerned about the the [6:21] In-N-Out traffic what it would do to the neighborhood basically what what Rita [6:24] said and Kelly kind of addressed there um but that was that just concerns and [6:30] asking questions on what a vbo is and that sort of thing okay well if there's [6:37] and your your thing is not related to this at all okay so I'm going to keep it [6:42] completely separate um so with nobody else regarding the vbo what I'm do is [6:47] I'll close the public hearing piece of it I'll bring it back to um the [6:53] commission the board we are sorry it's been a long day um to have any questions [6:59] for you and and I'll actually I'll actually start that first to address [7:04] some of the concerns that I know that you have um we do have a very detailed [7:10] um um ordinance or code thank you code [7:16] regarding VBS that we put in when Betty uh came to us a couple years ago and [7:21] requested to put in the roll Street house and IT addresses most I think [7:25] everything that you're concerned about as far as having to detail out what's [7:29] expected of a of a renter or somebody that would be coming into that um they [7:34] have to sign an agreement when they rent these properties they have to adhere to [7:38] those agreements as part of that and I think that you addressed that um well [7:44] with your son-in-laws and your family that are here close by is that the owner [7:49] of the house has to have somebody to be able to respond within 25 minutes should [7:53] something occur that become a nuisance I think the last thing that anybody wants [7:59] to have have happened is to disrupt the family quiet neighborhood or or put [8:03] Children at Risk and I don't think that we've had any incidents with the ones [8:06] that we've had so far that I know of um so just on my behalf of of stating to [8:12] Tri to address your concerns I think that we've well detailed that out in our [8:16] our current code so um does anybody have any questions [8:21] regarding the the request for the Dr from our go ahead well uh since [8:28] we in the past I was pres for one of them I don't know the street it was an [8:35] R2 it was okay um Rollins was R1 sne Street [8:42] R2 Airbnb is a company Vero is a company that's not a defined type of housing [8:51] they have a contract with you and then the proposed tenants have a contract [8:57] with them also or with you the cont the contract is with me but [9:04] part of having BRBO or Airbnb if you use it that way is it also vets people a lot [9:10] of the people that come through there um at even as someone if they come into [9:15] your home if they come in there to rent it they get rated as well as somebody [9:20] that stays there they are rated as a as a bad person so everybody that's on vvo [9:26] that has a property whether it's good or bad able to put a comment on there also [9:31] so if they go somewhere else that it can be you know they they're there are [9:36] things to protect the people in place whether it's you as the owner of the [9:41] property with a lease with even like you said even with Betty when I rented my [9:46] initial with Betty and continued with her for a little bit I had to sign a [9:51] paper with her so primarily it's going to be with [9:56] me right as the police department or to your knowledge either the property [10:03] owners of the other properties had that they W able to deal with been any [10:10] complaints from the citizens about these not that I'm aware of from the existing [10:13] ones that we have yes I don't I don't think we've heard anything [10:18] um in the in the aspect of anything happened or any problems have been [10:24] brought to our attention I don't if anybody else is or [10:27] anything I mean I know Betty was happy enough with it she's [10:31] doing a second one right so I mean I myself I use VB quite [10:37] extensively so I'm familiar with what you have to sign to be able to rent one [10:41] of these properties [Music] [10:45] and like 41 is that Chris yeah and I can I mean I [10:51] personally can say that when you go in to rent one of these you're making an [10:56] investment so most people here [11:02] from joining Chris's party so most people that are going to rent one of [11:08] these properties they have to put down us you know they're putting down quite a [11:12] bit of money ahead of time and then they're investing into this so it's not [11:18] it's not something that's not very well detailed out just from my experience so [11:22] for what it's worth I mean I've never had a I've never been able to rent a [11:27] property that didn't require quite a commitment you mention the current owner [11:36] is looking at having a second operation that means there's a public demand for [11:41] these facilities in town seems to be we got three we have three right now and I [11:46] I would imagine that if Betty had put the first she put in Rollin Street and [11:49] then she's putting in that second one and I can imagine if she didn't have the [11:52] demand she would probably not make that investment no bet but that's my opinion [11:57] me sorry I'm auy I live at 320 southman um I'm her daughter her middle daughter [12:03] um when like she brought this idea to us especially with like my sister and us [12:09] living pretty close by and local like we're just three blocks over I've talked [12:15] to friends I'm friends with people here and they a lot of people have said even [12:20] people in Columbia they're like that'd be great for like I know it's not close [12:24] to like mou games and stuff but you run out of places to stay where it's close [12:30] enough to get back and forth and then also with second Saturdays like blowing [12:35] up and now Allen Street social is doing like brunches and they're open on [12:39] Sundays and things like that since like the community is picking up I've had [12:44] multiple people tell me or even as sad as like people coming into town last [12:49] minute for funerals and not having to drive from Colombia or Mexico or [12:55] Mobberly and being local for the visitations and in the dinners and [12:59] things like that a lot of people have broughten those uh things up to me [13:04] they're like actually that's a really good idea sellia already has three they [13:08] fill up so fast like Betty was telling me with deer season she's been booked up [13:13] for you know a month in advance and stuff like that and weddings and [13:17] graduations so I mean I've noticed and heard that there's like a demand for [13:22] these things I mean I also I mean I personally know [13:27] of from my own experience I know somebody in the community that's an [13:32] older person and their family when they come to visit will will rent out and [13:36] every they bring their family and their kids and they don't have enough space to [13:40] stay with you know their mother so they rent things out to stay local and be [13:45] able to do things around the holidays so and just on occasion so I do know those [13:50] instances it also kind of creates the demand for these and the kind ofunity [13:53] kind of like this where you have that um that situation probably quite frequently [13:58] with no tells there's no place to say you received the application [14:07] mhm we did all the advertising and signs and the yards and everything with no [14:13] complications but all the correct time frame and I recommend that you keep a [14:20] copy from the newspaper to put in the file on [14:23] this so uh all the technical parts of this have been de boxed just checked [14:32] right okay they still need to go through and actually get a business license for [14:37] this if we prove it okay um yeah there's a short there's [14:44] a onetime short-term rental application and then each year after that um that's [14:51] just the business license and if they do it now they get [14:55] to pay now and again in January [15:06] yeah anybody else have anything I think it feels a a big need in [15:12] town [15:15] hotels I think it does too personally I'm I'm I'm always a fan of thebo but I [15:20] use them so it feel um I'm somewhat concerned stayed [15:27] one last night [15:30] I have a need for one for or four days myself person just while stuff on the [15:38] house yeah that's a good point too I don't if you heard what Chris was saying [15:42] was that he himself could use it you know while he's gotten he's getting [15:47] stuff worked on his house you could stay at a you [15:50] know a rental here in town on a short-term basis in order to fill that [15:54] need so my my biggest concern is R1 uh that [16:00] single family residential now you turn it into a it's more than just a uh a [16:07] lease where you're leasing out a house to somebody for a year or so it's short [16:11] term you rapid turnover I have some concerns about that [16:15] I don't really have any concerns at all in R2 and R3 but R1 people who buy in a [16:21] residential neighborhood they buy because it's basically over occupied [16:31] my my statement to that would be if you had an owner that occupied the house all [16:35] the time these places AR all the time as much traffic or more traffic well I [16:40] understand Ian so it's not going to create a whole lot more [16:47] traffic and don't we already have one in R1 the Rollin street is R1 is R1 so we [16:53] already have kind of a precedence there where we've already allowed it in [16:57] R1 and is allowed as a conditional use in [17:00] R1 yes that's decision made the standard is [17:06] been set now I believe that the contract requires [17:11] the maintenance on the facility to be hel to a higher standard [17:16] than anything The Government Can require own Association probably but the city [17:23] can't come up to the same standards of pay [17:31] Contra is that your understanding yes there is I have the if I'm not here then [17:39] my daughters and their husbands they do between the cleaning we have a what is [17:45] the ozone like an ozone machine that you [17:49] clear the air out and stuff after somebody leaves the ozone machine goes [17:53] into each room for a certain period of time to clear the air out the and then [17:58] they're cleaned thoroughly and I mean you could all leave here and go over [18:03] there now and you would walk in and go oh okay because it it's clean thoroughly [18:08] I've went through it and um made sure that everything is done in it um showers [18:16] are reced that everything everything that's necessary is there and yes it is [18:20] held to a little bit of a higher standard um because people will will rat [18:26] you out if you are a a bad person as far as a a owner or [18:33] VRBO um rep they will go on there and they will say this [18:38] place they will let you know anything and everything about it I I can tell you [18:44] I've had I did have one bad experience in renting the place and um we called [18:49] the company we called the person we rented it from and they moved us that [18:53] very next morning and found a different place for us to stay and the person that [18:58] was the owner of that property was removed [19:01] from being able to rent their property through them any longer so these [19:06] companies do hold them to a pretty high standard because it's their business too [19:10] I mean they're they're Gathering fees off of this as well and you know they [19:14] get a bad rep then Susan what you said earlier though about with VRBO and the [19:19] fees the fees are a little crazy but I believe that that also that also [19:25] protects the owners of the property from people who come in you're not going to [19:30] tear up the property with the amount of money that you're paying the rbo in [19:35] these different fees forget the taxes but the other fees that you're paying [19:40] you're not going to tear up their property it's not that type of a I don't [19:43] know if you want to say clientele or people [19:47] or yeah demographic it's it's not that type of type of um [19:55] thing this I looked at the neighborhood there [20:00] are I particulars but there are some houses that I don't know whether the [20:06] rentals or owner occupied they aren't nearly as good [20:10] they're looking at the property that's there don't look at my next door [20:18] neighbor [20:22] so there's no guarantees no matter how you treat property I understand H's [20:29] concern but we the board at the time that this was adopted decid that it was [20:36] potentially possible to have one of these in any Zone [20:43] yeah I still I mean I mean the damage I mean to me I mean significant damage [20:49] risk is actually more on the side of the owner I mean they're taking on that risk [20:54] of somebody coming in and creating damage but I also kind of I mean I know [20:59] it sounds like I'm advocating for this but I like I I feel like it's been [21:03] successful for what we've done so my opinion is is that I don't think that [21:08] we're the type of community that you're going to see a you know bunch [21:12] of people that want to come here and have some wild and crazy party in the [21:16] middle of Calia yeah like it's not like colia where you have missou and stens [21:22] you risk that more in the Columbia area probably so but um How likely are how [21:28] easy is it to change these rules if it [21:32] doesn't for [21:36] everybody think we have to have a meeting about [21:39] it if you wanted to pass new rules you'd have to either have an ordinance to [21:44] adopt those rules and or an ordinance to say [21:48] that sta May develop from time to time rules that apply but You' have to have [21:55] basically Amendment and some sort to there is there any ordinance and public [21:59] hearing for that and then an ordinance passed by because I've read that [22:04] Columbia has had some problems that they have Revisited their policies what [22:07] they're going to allow so I and I suspect that we're not going to have [22:12] some of the problems that clumpy does that's why I asked whether there have [22:16] been any Police Department or neighborhood concerns [22:23] reported I've heard nothing I think we'll have less trouble with this than [22:27] just a general REM [22:34] um my observation is that as long as you have [22:41] isolated rentals like this or BNB airbnbs you're probably not dealing with [22:47] the same concern as if you had a whole neighborhood nothing but [22:56] rentals I I think there's a couple of points here first of all they don't keep [23:01] their properties up they don't keep their high ratings it's a business they [23:04] they won't be in business because people not right people discriminating plac I [23:10] stayed last night I between that they were all five star and [23:15] they all were super hose that's what I look for and so the cim and all that [23:19] goes into effect and if we start to have any problems uh remotely like Columbia [23:24] does we need to address those correctly a city in general period and we would [23:30] just have to make an amendment to approach anything that uh gets out of PL [23:35] but I I really think these things police themselves very well because of the [23:39] clientele people that come to these places to stay plus you also have to [23:43] have a credit card just like you have to have a hotel that's reable because if [23:46] you tear the place up they got your credit card and you're going to fix [23:50] everything that you tear up so I mean bottom line is I think there's a lot of [23:53] safety precautions in place uh to protect the residential area or I [23:58] wouldn't be afford all at all you know at all myself so I don't think that's a [24:02] real big risk but likeu anything you have to keep an eye on it because it [24:06] could at any time somebody could run it for for for the owner probably not not [24:11] all of them but for the owner they have [24:19] to I would like sorry firstr I would like to point out too one other thing [24:25] that when you when you do go through and rent one of these you rent based off of [24:29] capacity so it's a four-bedroom home I'm guessing you're probably at a a six [24:35] maybe depending on the size of the rooms maybe 8 person capacity Max and any [24:41] violation of that would be a violation of the agreement so it clearly states in [24:45] there that there's a maximum number of allowed guests um so when you're going [24:50] through so huh the ordinance has a limit too two for bedroom yeah so that's what [24:56] I'm saying 6 to8 probably for this property with the four B and that's what [24:59] it's set up for yeah so um I just wanted to point that out as a as an additional [25:06] I think you know safety measure in not having you know risking having a 20 part [25:13] person party show up for a four bedroomroom house in our town and as the [25:17] owner you also have to I mean I do I brought it but my homeowners insurance [25:23] which has been increased to cover you know to cover this type of thing um as [25:30] well as the other part of it is that the people coming in town and staying [25:35] locally it is going to bring some Revenue additional Revenue to the to [25:40] Calia and you know some people come in who may never have been here before and [25:44] there may be others who come back and go wow the town is really starting to grow [25:48] and it's becoming you know it's really up it's starting to be an upcoming place [25:52] to be and just a visit and it it truly is like a little Hallmark Town track [25:57] parade with all the stuff that goes on through the it is it is it's a great [26:02] place to have a family and be it is and and honestly we don't really have places [26:06] for people to stay so this is with in light of having a hotel this is what we' [26:10] got so it's my [26:14] opinion anything else all right so I can open this to [26:19] vote whether we're all those in favor of the sorry what i' like it I recommend [26:27] that you have a little longer than just a y or vote okay because this becomes [26:33] the basis if anybody has a a valid objection of the [26:39] ordinance U so I move that the Planning and Zoning commission finds that the [26:45] applicant has submitted a valid application and the staff has fulfilled [26:52] all of the requirements for advertising in public notice based on Tony here and [26:59] that based on that plus the questions and answers of tonight's public hearing [27:06] that the commission votes to approve a conditional use permit as a short-term [27:12] rental for that property I needed the motion anyway I did Rush that they can [27:18] play it back are we [27:23] abely told you it's been a while so do we have so that's your [27:28] motion that's my motion good luck with that I didn't write it all [27:32] down you wanted to you got can you repeat [27:38] that she missed most so all those in favor of the [27:44] motion as it was stated by [27:49] Len yes I I oppose to the motion I I'll vote in favor I still have [27:58] some concerns I do think it's something that we'll need to keep an eye on but [28:03] I'll vote in favor okay [28:07] so at this point in time the motion passes motion passes [28:13] now before midnight or whenever anybody present still objects to the granting of [28:21] this condition of use permit there's a very brief petition that can be signed [28:28] as a formal written objection and in that [28:33] case our motion is null and void and if the owner wants to pursue the matter [28:41] needs to go to board of adjustment which is [28:46] a similar but more complicated and detailed [28:55] process it's never happened but I was say not just for this any I'm saying [29:04] I've this while remember that ever happened to so I think there was one [29:08] where somebody objected and they went and they kind the person objecting went [29:13] and uh basically [29:17] did an agreement on principles and was willing to withdraw their objection so [29:24] that the motion would stand [29:31] that's what happens in small times so so we have a pass motion so [29:38] this concludes the public hearing and the item five on [29:44] the agenda for the VB vbo property at 222 and how do we want to handle like so [29:52] we have as may rise coming up we can um allow I allow that during that okay so [29:57] the next item on the agenda is as May or I so you can bring forward [30:01] your your item Lind Bor at 800 Jason Court [30:08] yes um I would like to see this board do an ordinance or regulation I don't know [30:16] how what it would need for when somebody builds a new house in any part of town [30:22] that they put a sidewalk in there's a whole section in the [30:27] Northwest part of this town north of the railroad tracks there's been I counted [30:34] them up today five new either duplexes or houses built and not a single [30:41] sidewalk is on any of it and about four of them were all built at the same time [30:47] and should have had sidewalks built so I would like it to make some sort of a [30:53] rule whatever it needs to be that anytime a house is built built sidewalks [30:58] have to be built if it's in an area that we've never had sidewalks right across [31:04] the street from her there's a sidewalk but in her whole side there north of the [31:09] electric building there is not a single sidewalk with old older dwellings there [31:16] also though no there's no well Doug Brown owns two of them but then Darren [31:23] bought a bunch of property or somebody did and built four houses [31:27] and then there's the two duplexes and then the two little houses that Crockers [31:32] built sorry I'm nameing names and then somebody else owns a duplex to the south [31:36] of and those have all been built probably in five six years maybe 10 on a [31:42] couple of them at the most but not a single sidewalk was put in on on North [31:50] Columbia and okay they were there so we didn't [31:55] there may not have been but there is an adopted City policy by [32:00] resolution govering sidewalks for new subdivisions your concern is address [32:05] because yes they have to they have to Wi those and they need to have them in [32:11] place by a certain time by the time they get their certificate of occum right [32:15] correct but I mean I'm just talking you know we've got houses popping up all [32:21] over town where people I mean I don't know if the one cost from uses and if [32:25] they they put in a new sidewalk did they but there are others that have not and [32:29] when we did ours I think we just Lo out the sidewalk was getting replaced at [32:32] well you had an existing sidewalk so yeah I think I think that's the issue is [32:37] that some of the newer homes are bued up to older homes who didn't have those [32:42] same type of regulations so you can make somebody put in a sidewalk at new [32:46] construction and then they're going to stop and walk across the grass where the [32:50] older home is I think that's part of the issue that that may well be but at some [32:56] time hopefully y those houses and I know I'm talking 20 30 years down the road [33:01] you know that houses those older houses will be replaced but those five four [33:07] that they put on F and Wilder and on north of that those were all put in at [33:13] the same time and there's no reason why they weren't sidewalked price but that's [33:19] beside the point price is included in all the other subdivisions when it comes [33:24] to sidewalks and another one is the houses over here on brutin they built [33:29] two brand new houses the one there was an old sidewalk there and one was not [33:34] put back in the other they put a sidewalk on the one side but not on the [33:39] other and in a subdivision you put in both sidewalks if you're on a corner [33:45] irregardless that's something I recommend I mean it's just something I [33:49] want you to look at I mean there's never going to be sidewalks put in over there [33:54] yeah say I if I have to walk door to door knock on somebody's door and say [33:58] Hey you have to put a sidewalk in I want you to stand next to me so that way [34:03] there's two of us not one I'm saying in the future man I'm talking about in the [34:13] future we need to have something place when you're building house [34:17] putw yeah yeah I mean that's that's all I'm ask cuz our daughter lives over [34:23] there and she doesn't have a sidewalk [34:31] right if there's no sidewalk on that entire Street there's no reason to put [34:35] it on one house because it will never go anywhere there's absolutely no reason [34:41] make a house put a sidewalk one one house there's y we'll take a look at it [34:48] I mean it's just something to look at yep all right so we'll take that up with [34:52] Council you guys remind them I guess there are several documents that say [34:58] it's the aspiration of the city to get all sidewalks to place we have an 8 plan [35:05] I don't know where is at that says we have that as a goal uh it was [35:12] included basically in U resolutions to clearing the major [35:19] streets that we were going to start building at cing Gutter and [35:23] sidewalk uh don't think we got very far down that before we ran into schools and [35:29] a couple other things that need the sidewalks [35:32] more I mean if you don't you know it won't happen right I [35:39] have a question who pays for that does does a homeowner or the city right right [35:45] now the homeowner has to two State Standards even if it crosses driveway [35:52] then it's going to be even sicker um or the develop [35:57] in a new subdivision which then still is a property owner when they buy the house [36:03] it's in the price so ultimately it's p the house [36:08] you're going to pay for it I mean like over there where you guys live that's [36:11] never going to get C and gutter for so we're all long [36:15] gone still and it might not be still and she does I check there's four parking [36:22] places there so even if she has eight people there and however many ours so [36:28] she's I checked that today all right then so um [36:35] you're I your issue has been noted and I'm sure that they will fall up on it so [36:41] is there anything else for the asme section of this anybody else have [36:44] anything they like to bring bring something up what that we discussed [36:47] several things with the uh subdivision regulations the last uh that were in our [36:52] minutes from last time where are we with those we're in discussions with one of [36:58] our on call engineers and they're assisting us with it and I'll be [37:02] bringing it back to the planning Zing commission to look at when I car [37:06] from it does anybody have anything [37:11] else this brings us to item seven which is the adjournment of this meeting do we [37:15] have a motion to adjourn I make a motion we adjourn we have a second second all [37:20] those in favor of a journey I all anybody not in favor of a journey [37:27] all right thank you all