{"id":22130537,"date":"2024-09-30T05:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T11:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?p=22130537"},"modified":"2024-10-02T17:39:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T23:39:41","slug":"logan-city-conducts-rental-revisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/logan-city-conducts-rental-revisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan city conducts rental revisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">T<\/span><span class=\"s1\">he Logan City Council met on Tuesday, Sept 17, 2024, to discuss proposed changes to the existing Land Development Code. The propositions concerned regulations on accessory dwelling units and short-term rentals surrounding Utah State University\u2019s Logan Campus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Accessory dwelling units, also referred to as ADUs, are small independent living units connected to or on the same property as a single-family dwelling. Currently, ADUs are not allowed around campus. The area exclusion zone exists from second East to 16th East, 14th North to Logan River, and third South. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mike DeSimone Logan City\u2019s Director of community development, brought the new proposals to the city council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cADUs could provide additional housing on existing, developed lots with minimal investment for a variety of residents, whether student or non-student,\u201d DeSimone said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">This limits current residents on their ability to utilize their current property for rental purposes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The current ordinance only allows for ADUs to be within the existing home, such as in a basement. However, the new plan aims to enable them to exist externally and within the current exclusion zone. This could allow for more affordable rental housing near campus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jeannie Simmonds who serves as the chair of the council offered many thoughts throughout the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThere are currently only restrictions regarding ADUs around campus. Should we lift those restrictions, there is a chance that owners will create an ADU inside their house or, if space is available, on their property. If created, I would assume that some of those would be available for students to rent,\u201d Simmonds said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">There were proposed revisions surrounding short-term rentals or STRs. An STR is a dwelling rented for 30 days or less, typically used for vacations. Currently, they are banned in single-family residential zones. The new plan seeks to rid of these bans, allowing for more STRs to be available in Logan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Some residents argued against the allowance of more STRs, stating that there is already a housing crisis and vacation rentals will take housing away from residents who want to buy a home. This can affect students because it is less likely they will utilize STRs while going to school since they are only available on a month-to-month basis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAdditional STRs, wherever they are, reduce dwellings available for long-term rent or for sale,\u201d Simmonds said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Eli Hopkins, a property manager from North Logan, claims that this is not the case. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAs of yesterday, Cache Valley has 479 homes for sale but only 161 under contract and that gap continues to grow. We don\u2019t have a housing shortage, but we have affordable housing issues,\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hopkins said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An additional argument against STRs came from Logan resident Mary Sharp.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI live just east of campus. It\u2019s a fragile neighborhood because it does need to be protected from too many absentee landlords. Owner-occupied housing needs to be encouraged,\u201d Sharp said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The City Council\u2019s meeting concluded without passing the new ordinance into law. The discussion has been tabled and the City Council will meet on Oct 1, without a public hearing to make a final decision.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Logan City Council met on Tuesday, Sept 17, 2024, to discuss proposed changes to the existing Land Development Code.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":900103,"featured_media":22130562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[721,10805,6312,16540],"class_list":["post-22130537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-housing","tag-rentals","tag-student-housing","tag-units"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Logan city conducts rental revisons - The Utah Statesman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Logan city conducts rental revisons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/logan-city-conducts-rental-revisons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Logan city conducts rental revisons - 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