5.116 Hotel, Motel or Inn

  1. Location Adjacent to Residential District
    Where a motel, hotel or inn is less than 1,000 feet from any residential district other than “MU-2” High Intensity Mixed-Use, a Planned Development District shall be created for such use. 
  2. Planned Development Hotel Use
    The following criteria shall be applicable to any Planned Development hotel use:
    1. Ingress/egress should be taken from the major street furthest from the residential district.
    2. No screening fence shall be erected along the perimeter of the hotel property adjacent to a street, alley or right-of-way; provided, however that a screening fence shall be permitted around swimming pools, tennis courts and other recreational facilities; and a screening fence shall be permitted along property lines adjacent to other lots.
    3. Incidental businesses may be conducted within the hotel, provided that the principal entrance to the business shall be from the inside of the building.
    4. A secondary entrance to the hotel may be provided from a court or from the principal frontage but from no other street and shall not face any residential district. Exception: Emergency egress only when required by the Building Code and only when no other emergency egress can be designed.
    5. Any other conditions required by the City Council as a condition of site plan approval.