The City of Hampton Planning Commission met on May 16, 2024, at 20:30 UTC (4:30 p.m. local) for a joint public hearing on a comprehensive package regulating short-term rentals (STRs). The agenda comprised five zoning ordinance amendments (Items 24-0173 through 24-0177) and 51 rezoning applications (Items 24-0178 through 24-0228) establishing an STR overlay district with 51 subdistricts, a 1% density cap, a 500-foot separation requirement, and a new zoning administrator permit process. After hearing from 53 registered speakers and deliberating, the commission voted to recommend approval of all items with an effective date of July 1, 2024, forwarding its recommendation to City Council.
The City of Hampton Planning Commission meeting shall now come to order. Madam Clerk, can you call the role, please? Commissioner Rogers, present. Commissioner Brooks, present. Commissioner Coleman. Present. Vice Chair Callum. Present. Commissioner Harper. Present. Commissioner DiProfio. Present. Chair Harris. Present. Move approval of meeting minutes from April Twenty Twenty-Four Planning Commission meeting. With corrections as uh discussed. Commissioner Rogers. Aye. Commissioner Brooks. Aye. Commissioner Coleman. I. Vice Chair Kellen. Aye. Commissioner Harper. Aye. Commissioner DeProfio. Chair Harris. Now that the meeting minutes have been approved, we will now move to our public hearing items and Director Brown. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And then welcome to everyone who's here in the chamber. We're going to have a joint public hearing. I'm going to read all of the items on the agenda out their titles, and we'll have a staff report, and then there'll be a public hearing opportunity for everyone who has signed up to speak. So I'll be talking for a little bit of time while you're all getting settled, but I'll start with the public hearing and comment rules. It is important that all involved understand how the commission conducts its hearings and how all persons before the commission should conduct themselves. Individuals who have signed up to comment will have three minutes to present their comments. All comments should be directed to the commission. No person should address the commission until they have been called by the chair. Speakers must remain at the podium or microphone while addressing the commission. Speakers who have signed up may not donate their time to other speakers. And then please note the actions taken today by the planning commission are in the form of a recommendation to the Hampton City Council. The final decision to approve or disapprove this package of amendments in this case will be made by the City Council at a future date. What's before the planning commission this afternoon is the system by which we're proposing to regulate short term rentals, no particular location. Okay, so I'm going to start reading those titles. Mr. Chair. The public hearing items today are item 240173, which is an ordinance to amend and reenact the zoning ordinance of the City of Hampton, Virginia, by amending Chapter 1, Article 1 entitled Administration and Enforcement of Ordnance to add a section regarding zoning administrator permits and associated fees. Item 240174 is an ordinance to amend and reenact the zoning ordinance of the City of Hampton, Virginia by amending Chapter 2, Section 2 2 entitled Definitions to Amend the Exing Definition of Bed and Breakfast 1 and Bed and Breakfast 2 to clarify how the use operates and to consolidate to a singular definition. Item 24 0175 is an ordinance to amend and reenact the zoning ordinance of the city of Hampton, Virginia.