A proposed short-term rental at 242 East Austin Street would require its applicant to pave the existing gravel driveway and parking area if approved with the condition recommended by city staff.
City staff recommends conditional approval of the proposed short-term rental at 242 East Austin Street. Applicant and owner Jeremy Coburn seeks a specific use permit for the existing residence. The Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to City Council; the staff recommendation is not a permit decision.
What the condition would change
The property has an existing gravel driveway and parking area. If the permit is approved with staff’s proposed condition, the applicant would have to improve the existing gravel driveway and parking area with asphalt or concrete. The staff report also proposes keeping the property’s residential character and following the approved site and floor plans, with significant changes requiring a permit revision.
Staff describes the house as having two bedrooms and one bathroom. Its report sets a five-person short-term-rental occupancy limit and calls for two paved off-street parking spaces. Those figures describe the request under review, rather than an operating approval.
Notice and participation
The city says it sent public-hearing notices to owners of 17 properties within 200 feet. At agenda posting, it reported two mailed responses in support and one neutral response. Those responses are a count received before the hearing, not testimony or a measure of neighborhood opinion.
The Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Oct. 7, 2026, at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. The hearing on file 26-1102 is the opportunity to address the requested permit and its proposed conditions before the commission makes its recommendation.
What happens next
The Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on SUP26-287 and make a recommendation to City Council. Readers should check the city’s file 26-1102 and the subsequent meeting record to learn whether commissioners recommend the permit, change the conditions or take another action.