Bed-and-breakfast uses, as defined below, are permitted in all
districts of the Town, provided that all requirements set forth below
are observed. No person, firm, corporation, association, partnership
or any other entity or business shall operate a bed-and-breakfast
establishment in any zone without first having obtained a permit from
the Town of Somerset Planning Board.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
Any establishment occupied by the owner which lets three
or less rooms for hire for transient occupancy and which is not a
hotel or motel.
The fee for the permit hereby required shall be established
periodically by the Town Board by resolution, which fee shall be incorporated
herein and made part hereof.
[Amended 9-10-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
Any person, corporation, business, association, firm, partnership
or bed-and-breakfast establishment found to be operating in violation
of any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and
shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $250. Each day a violation
exists shall be considered a separate violation.
Any permit may be revoked or modified by the Town of Somerset
Planning Board, after a public hearing, on any one or more of the
following grounds:
A. That the approval of the permit was obtained by fraud.
B. That the permit granted is being or recently has been exercised contrary
to the terms or conditions of such approval of in violation of any
statute, ordinance, law or regulation.
C. That the permit has been so exercised as to be detrimental to the
public health or safety or so as to constitute a public nuisance.