Look to the details in the article on Lake Bluff and short term rentals.
How is any regulation justified that dictates you can’t have a guest over a couple nights a month if your driveway is within 5 feet of your neighbors.
Especially when any guest to Lake Bluff can park in the street at any time, day and night, between April 1 and mid November. Guests don’t need to park in anyone’s driveway.
There are homes in Lake Bluff that have one car wide/long driveways, driveways without a garage, or old houses that are pretty close to within five feet away from one another, and they can have a guest over for less then 30 days; just not a home that has a driveway within exactly five feet of another driveway. No matter the privacy division between homes or driveways.Make it better, Ask – Who is the bully? Property rights cross all boundaries. Quiet respectful enjoyment is a given that should not be taken away. EVERY homeowner should have the ability to use their home in a safe respectful manner without needless restrictions. Know where your tax dollars go. Lake Bluff taxes are high. Legal fees add to high taxes.
Also required is 2 million of extra insurance coverage, in addition to Airbnb's one million, and direct connection to URL alarm system to fire/police station. If you have a guest over for two months, No problem...Try having a guest over for only two weeks, and be subject to a 5,000 a day fine. Consider if your guest, living in the house with you while you are there, takes you out to dinner or cleans your house, in consideration for your hospitality, and your neighbor just doesn't like then wham they run to the town and ask that a $5,000 a day fine be imposed. It is messy.
