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Bed & Breakfasts Transient Guest Lodging
June 29, 2020
Summary of Staff’s Proposed Regulations
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- 122 unique STR listings inside Oxford City limits; most outside
the Mile Square
- 148 unique STR listings in and around Oxford
- 24 property owners with multiple listings in and around Oxford
- Avg. nightly asking price & monthly revenue in 2019:
$336/$3,893
- Total revenue since 2014: roughly $6.8 million
- Peak occupancy on move-in/move-out weekends (up to 65%)
- 32% of rentals are booked less than 30 days total per year
- 64% of rentals are booked less than 100 days total per year
- 21% of rentals are booked greater than 150 days total per
year
Short-Term Rental Data Analysis
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Short-Term Rental Locations
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Bed & Breakfast is defined as: Overnight accommodations, with or without meals, in a dwelling unit provided to transients for compensation.
Current Definitions
Short-Term Rental is defined as: A dwelling unit that is rented, leased or otherwise assigned for tenancy of less than 14 consecutive days duration, where no meals are served.
SLIDE 5 Bed & Breakfast to be defined as: A building, sometimes the primary residence of the
- wner, where sleeping accommodations are offered
for consideration, with or without meals, to transients
- ccupying a room or rooms.
Proposed Definitions
Transient Guest Lodging to be defined as: A dwelling unit or portion thereof where sleeping accommodations are offered for consideration to transients occupying a room or rooms.
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Currently defined as: A person staying at a location such as a motel or bed and breakfast for less than 14 days per stay and does not use the location as his or her permanent address.
What are Transients?
Proposed to be defined as: A person staying at a location such as a hotel, motel, bed & breakfast, or other dwelling offering transient guest lodging for less than thirty (30) consecutive days and does not use the location as his or her permanent address.
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Currently defined as: A person staying at a location such as a motel or bed and breakfast for less than 14 days per stay and does not use the location as his or her permanent address.
What are Transients?
Proposed to be defined as: A person staying at a location such as a hotel, motel, bed & breakfast, or other dwelling offering transient guest lodging for less than thirty (30) consecutive days and does not use the location as his or her permanent address.
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- Bed & Breakfasts would continue to be permitted
- n a conditional basis (subject to review/approval
by Planning Commission and Council) in residentially zoned areas.*
- Transient Guest Lodging would be permitted inside
any single-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling in the City, in compliance with certain standards.
*Exception: B&Bs would be prohibited in Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Districts
Staff Proposal
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- Bed & Breakfasts are a principal use of property.
Functioning primarily as a business, it deserves a special discretionary review and approval by the public authority.
- Transient Guest Lodging is an accessory use of
- property. For instance the principal use may be a
single-family dwelling, primarily occupied by the
- wner, and is rented out on Airbnb a few weekends
per year.
Distinction
SLIDE 10 The following standards are proposed for B&Bs:
- New B&Bs to continue requiring Conditional Use
approval in all residential zoning districts.
- During review of a Conditional Use, maximums for
number of days booked annually and total guest
- ccupancy would be set by Council.
- Each B&B would require an annual rental permit &
registration, plus safety inspections once every 2 years.
- All previously approved B&Bs continue to be valid
so long as permits are kept in good standing.
Bed & Breakfast (B&B) Standards
SLIDE 11 The following standards are proposed for TGLs:
- No more than 1 TGL unit in a single-family, two-
family or three-family structure.
- No more than 1 TGL booking at a time.
- TGLs are permitted administratively when booked
no more than 90 cumulative days per year.
- TGLs booked more than 90 cumulative days per
year require Conditional Use approval by City Council.
- Each TGL would require an annual rental permit &
registration, plus safety inspections once every 2 years
Transient Guest Lodging (TGL) Standards
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- Dwelling units containing TGLs are limited to no
more than 4 unrelated persons.*
- B&B occupancy limits are set during the Conditional
Use process, and can be a number greater than 4.
* Exception: In Neighborhood Conservation Overlays, occupancy is further restricted to no more than 2 unrelated persons.
Occupancy Restrictions
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- The Community Development Director is given
authority to revoke registration for any property that becomes subject to 2 or more civil and/or criminal citations.
- Civil citations may include violations of building,
safety, property maintenance, nuisance, health and sanitation, fire, electrical, plumbing and mechanical codes.
- Criminal citations may include drug activity, theft
and criminal mischief.
Ability to Revoke Registration
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Questions or comments?
See the City’s corresponding Webpage. Or mail/email your questions/comments to:
Community Development Department City of Oxford 15 S. College Avenue, Oxford OH 45056 commdev@cityofoxford.org
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