The Clarke County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing in the Berryville-Clarke County Government Center, second-floor Main meeting room, 101 Chalmers Court, Berryville, Va., on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at 6:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to hear public comment on the following:
PH 2022-03: Short-Term Residential Rental, Home Occupation Bed and Breakfast, and Country Inn: Proposed text amendment to amend Section 5.2B (Residential Uses) and Section 5.2C (Business Uses) of the Zoning Ordinance (Code of Clarke County Chapter 200, Article I). The purpose is to establish a new “short-term residential rental” use in the Agricultural-Open Space-Conservation (AOC) and Forestal-Open Space Conservation (FOC) Districts, and to amend the use regulations for home occupation bed and breakfast uses and country inns.
The short-term residential rental use would include new regulations for the rental of one or more rooms within a single-family dwelling, minor dwelling, or tenant house; or the rental of an entire single-family dwelling, minor dwelling, or tenant house; by the owner to a maximum of one customer for lodging purposes for a period of fewer than 30 consecutive days in exchange for a charge. A customer may be one person or multiple people that are renting together under the same rental agreement. A maximum of two dwellings on a lot may be used for short-term residential rental activities, and maximum occupancy of each dwelling used would be subject to compliance with building code requirements and confirmation that onsite sewage disposal systems can support the proposed maximum occupancy. Additional proposed changes include but are not limited to:
• Increasing the maximum occupancy for home occupation bed and breakfast operations to five bedrooms and ten transient guests and residents of the lot during rental periods.
• Establishing the maximum occupancy period for a short-term residential rental, home occupation bed and breakfast, and country inn as fewer than 30 consecutive days.
• Amending the use regulations for home occupation bed and breakfast operations and country inns to require compliance with building code requirements and confirmation that onsite sewage disposal systems can support proposed maximum occupancies.
Information regarding the above matter is available to the public in Clarke County Administration. Any person desiring to speak on the above matters should appear at the appointed time and place. Written copies of statements are requested but not required. Clarke County does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission to its programs and activities. Accommodations will be made for handicapped persons upon prior request.
Chris Boies – County Administrator
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