[Added 12-15-1970]
Hotels are subject to the following standards and conditions:
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HOTELA building or buildings or portion thereof containing rooms occupied primarily by transient guests who are lodged with or without meals, which rooms have primary access from public halls and in which there are certain public rooms and meeting rooms and in which are provided such services as are incidental to the use thereof.
B. Use. Use of a hotel site and buildings or structures thereon shall be limited to the usual hotel activities and accessory uses incidental to the operation of a hotel and of the same general character, provided that all accessory uses shall be planned as an integral part of the hotel and located on the same site as therewith.
C. Hotel rooms.
(1) Each sleeping room shall have an area, inclusive of bathroom and closet, of at least 225 square feet.
(2) No sleeping rooms shall contain cooking facilities.
D. Site.
(1) The developer or holder of the fee shall deed in fee simple to the Town 10% of the total acreage to be subdivided for recreational use by the Town as specified in the Town of Rye Subdivision Regulations or as such regulations may be amended.
(2) The minimum site for a hotel and accessory buildings shall consist of 20 acres.
(3) The site shall have a frontage of at least 400 feet on a highway with a one-hundred-foot right-of-way.
E. Coverage.
(1) The total coverage of a hotel and accessory buildings shall be not more than 12% of the site.
(2) There shall be no more than 13 sleeping rooms per acre.
(3) Gross floor area ratio shall not exceed 25%.
F. Setbacks. Buildings shall be set back from property lines at least 175 feet on all sides.
G. Building height. No building shall be more than four stories in height and in no event more than 40 feet in height measured from the average grade to the eaves. In the event that a building is constructed with a pitched roof, the height to the ridge line or the highest point of the building measured from the average grade shall not be more than 45 feet.
H. Off-street parking and loading space. Off-street parking, loading and unloading space shall be required as follows:
(1) One space for each guest room.
(2) One space for every three employees.
(3) One space for every four seats in permanent dining rooms.
(4) One space per 100 square feet devoted to assembly or conference rooms which may be used for dispensing food or drink.
(5) One space per 300 square feet of floor area devoted to retail use.
(6) The total minimum of parking spaces shall be 80% of the sum of the spaces required in Subsection
H(1) through
(5) above, but in no event less than one space for every guest room.
I. Roads and parking areas.
(1) No parking areas shall be located closer than 100 feet from any property line.
(2) Roads shall not be less than 100 feet from property lines except where necessary to allow access onto a state highway.
(3) Each parking unit and its access passageways, driveways, turning areas and paths shall be surfaced in accordance with Town regulations.
(4) Access and service roads shall be properly related to public streets and highways so as to insure safety conditions.
J. Planting. A detailed specific planting plan to buffer adjoining properties shall be submitted to the Planning Board for approval.
K. Signs.
(1) Freestanding highway signs will only be permitted adjacent to streets or highways of one-hundred-foot rights-of-way. Such signs shall have not more than a maximum of 150 square feet, shall not exceed 35 feet in height and shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the street line and not less than 150 feet from the property line.
(2) One sign facing in a single direction and containing not more than 100 square feet maximum may be attached to the roof of a building, provided that it does not extend more than 10 feet above the roof, but in any case it shall not exceed a height of 50 feet above the average grade.
(3) Signs may be illuminated, but no sign will be permitted which has blinking or moving lights or moving parts or which will interfere with traffic control devices.
(4) All signs shall require approval by the Planning Board.
L. Exterior lighting. Exterior lighting or other illumination shall be permitted, provided the light source shall be shielded from any adjacent residence district or public street.