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Mr. Zendo Kern, Director <br /> May 16,2023 <br /> Page 2 <br /> parentage, guardianship or marriage, or a group of not more than rive unrelated <br /> persons (excluding servants), occupying a dwelling unit. "As such,the dwelling <br /> could be rented to 5 adults/individuals,each with their own car. <br /> Relatedly and on the same issue of raffic volume,the applicant could request to <br /> construct 3 additional bedrooms to accommodate its request. If so,the dwelling <br /> would have a total of 7 bedrooms,and the potential for additional traffic would be <br /> there. However, that is not her plan. Her plan is to utilize the existing structure and <br /> bedrooms and not construct what might amount to a"monster"home. <br /> c. Finally,the applicant currently operates/uses the dwelling as a legitimate"hosted" <br /> short term vacation rental(STVR). The maximum number of rentable rooms is 3,no <br /> more than what she is requesting for this B&B. Thus,it is reasoned that the traffic <br /> impact between the current STVR and proposed B&B should be the same. <br /> On the matter of Parking,the B&B will require 3 additional on-site parking, and that <br /> area already exists. No overnight guest parking will be allowed on the street. According to the <br /> applicant,however, it is not uncommon that during the day"commercial"type of vehicles are <br /> parked on the road whose employees provide landscaping, home maintenance, etc. service to a <br /> property. On some occasions,the applicant has observed people parking during the evening <br /> when visiting a home. <br /> As with her STVR guests, if this B&B is approved, she will continue to inform guests <br /> where to park on the property behind a gate and the prohibition of any on-street parking. <br /> On the matter of density limits,a B&B cannot exceed a maximum of 5 rentable rooms. <br /> Further, a Special Permit must be secured for a B&B. A hosted STVR is allowed subject to <br /> certain approval requirements. In terms of establishing limits to number of"Transient <br /> Accommodation Rentals",that is a policy decision that has to be debated and legislated upon by <br /> the County Council. In the meantime,the applicant is following appropriate permitting <br /> processes and procedures and,in this case,has "checked" all of the boxes for both its existing <br /> hosted STVR and requested B&B. <br /> The letter also raised concerns regarding additional insured. The applicant maintains <br /> that the matter of additional insurance has to be determined by all parties that own the road. (In <br /> this situation,unlike other private roads,there is no specific road lot. Here, each lot owner owns <br /> only that portion of the road that fronts his/her property homeowner. Easements are then granted <br /> to other properties who use that road, and,in turn,the lot owner would have easement rights over <br /> the other person's property.) All lot owners introduce outside traffic that at one point or another <br /> serves only its needs—such as deliveries or maintenance or guests. The question then is whether <br /> the condition of the road would be contrary to the Special Permit guideline of not creating any <br />