§ 28-232. Site design

(a) Building design. The following requirements apply to both full-service hotel/motels and to limited-service hotel/motels:

(1) Accessibility. A guest room shall be accessible only from an internal hallway and the internal hallway shall be accessible only from a central lobby area contained within the hotel/motel.

(2) Exterior walls. At least two masonry materials (in addition to glass) shall be used on an exterior wall on any single building of a hotel/motel. The percent of masonry as required below shall be measured for each expanse of exterior wall between corners of 15 degrees or more. Exterior walls shall be composed of:

a. At least 75 percent primary masonry product such as brick, stone, hand-laid tile (laid unit-by-unit), or veneer simulations of such materials having the appearance of hand-laid units;

b. Not more than 15 percent secondary masonry products, that is, exterior insulation and finish systems composed of natural aggregates and synthetic binders having a minimum applied thickness of ¾ inches, exposed aggregate, glass block or decorative concrete masonry units other than flat-gray block; and

c. Not more than ten percent non-masonry materials, excluding doors, windows and window units.

(3) Maximum height: The maximum height shall be three stories for limited service hotel/motel from the first finished floor elevation. The maximum height of a full service hotel/motel shall be four stories from the first finished floor elevation.

(4) Roofscapes:

Pitched/gabled roofs:

a. Roof materials for a full service/limited service hotel shall be comprised of architectural/dimensional composition shingle (30-year minimum), flat pan standing seam metal roofing (only with a factory baked-on muted color finish; no bright colors or natural-colored metal roofing allowed), or terra cotta or slate tile in muted colors.

b. Minimum roof pitch shall be a 5:12 ratio.

c. Rooftop mounted air conditioning equipment shall be prohibited.

Flat roofs:

a. Flat-roofed structures shall have a highly articulated parapet that conceals the roof and any roof-mounted equipment.

(b) Site facilities.

(1) Number of rooms. A full-service hotel/motel shall have at least 100 guest rooms. A limited service hotel/motel shall have at least 65 guest rooms.

(2) Meeting rooms. A full-service hotel/motel shall have at least one meeting room of at least 4000 square feet in area. A limited-service hotel/motel shall have at least one meeting room of at least 700 square feet in area. The meeting room shall be equipped with a sink and a coffee bar.

(3) Swimming pools. A full-service hotel/motel and a limited-service hotel/motel shall have an interior swimming pool of at least 800 square feet of surface area.

(4) Restaurants and food service. A full-service hotel/motel shall have, on-site, a restaurant with table service provided primarily by waitpersons, seating for at least thirty customers, and full menu service offering multiple entrees with on-site food preparation.

(c) Building placement.

(1) Setbacks from property lines adjacent to streets: No hotel/motel development building, or any part thereof, shall be placed less than 30 feet from the right-of-way of any public street.

(2) Setbacks from property lines not adjacent to streets: No hotel/motel development building, or any part thereof, shall be placed less than:

a. Fifteen feet from rear and side property lines (or ten feet with landscaping if approved by the planning and zoning commission);

b. Fifty feet from the property line of an abutting residential district for single or two story buildings not exceeding 30 feet in height (or 40 feet with additional landscaping if approved by the planning and zoning commission). One hundred feet from the property line of an abutting residential district for three and four story buildings.

(3) All other buildings which abut a residential district shall be set back from the residential district line not less than twice the height of the highest point on the building above grade. No setback shall be less than 50 feet.

(d) Parking and circulation. The following requirements apply to both full-service hotel/motels and to limited-service hotel/motels:

(1) Parking shall be provided at the ratio of 1.25 parking spaces per guest room in addition to required parking for any additional component of the hotel/motel such as meeting rooms and restaurants. Parking spaces shall be separated by at least one foot.

(2) An attached, covered, drive-through area adjacent to the hotel/motel lobby or main desk shall be provided for the temporary parking of vehicles during guest registration or check-out.

(3) All parking areas shall be illuminated by lighting standards having a minimum illumination intensity of 2.0 foot-candles measured at ground level.

(e) Screening. In addition to any other screening and landscaping requirements imposed by the Code of Ordinances, both full-service hotel/motels and limited-service hotel/motels shall provide screening of ground-mounted satellite, HVAC (other than HVAC equipment serving an individual unit) and auxiliary power equipment by means of a masonry screening wall or a wrought-iron (tubular steel) fence with a living screen either of which shall be of sufficient height to block visibility of the equipment from view at the property line.

(f) Security. The following requirements apply to both full-service hotel/motels and to limited-service hotel/motels:

(1) When a guest arrives for registration, the guest shall provide at least two forms of identification, one of which shall include a photographic likeness of the guest and be issued by a governmental agency. The guest shall also provide the license plate number of the vehicle, if any, to be used by the guest during the guest's stay. The hotel/motel shall issue a parking sticker or other identifying placard to be placed on the windshield of each vehicle to be used by the guest during the guest's stay.

(2) A hotel/motel shall install and maintain, in proper operating order, security cameras in each interior hallway and lobby, in the parking lots, and at each exterior door. The cameras shall be placed so as to provide visibility to the front and rear exteriors of the building and to the swimming pool area. Monitors shall be provided for security and other hotel/motel personnel so that on-site activities may be viewed at all times. Videotapes from security cameras shall be operating 24 hours a day and shall be kept a minimum of 30 days.

(3) Guest room access shall be provided only through the use of magnetic access keys.

(4) Exterior doors (other than lobby doors) shall be locked after 10:00 p.m. and shall be equipped with an alarm or other device that will alert hotel/motel security and other personnel when the door has been opened.

(5) Doors to guest rooms shall be solid core.

(6) Graffiti and markings or insignia that do or may indicate the presence or association of a street gang shall be removed within 24 hours.

(Ord. No. 09-05-797, § 2, 5-18-2009)