Public hearings will be held on rezoning two Trail properties to host short-term rentals.
The properties are at 3249 Lilac Crescent in Glenmerry and 12 Hazelwood Drive in Sunningdale. In both cases the hosts would continue to live on the premises, although in the latter case, council was told the owners will be gone for half the year. The home is being converted into three units, but only one would be used for short-term rentals.
Mayor Colleen Jones said the Sunningdale proposal might be well suited to a pilot project, to be revisited in a year’s time, because it is a bigger development in a small area. Staff say that would mean issuing a temporary use permit rather than rezoning, which is a permanent change.
Council ultimately decided to approve first two readings of the rezoning applications for both properties and allow public hearings to go ahead. No dates have been scheduled.
