This zone is intended to primarily serve the needs of visitors
to the community. The principal use is hotel-motel operations with
supporting commercial and service uses. This zone is particularly
intended to be applied to areas that are suitable for hotels and motels,
but which may not be suitable for more diversified, general commercial
uses.
(Ord. 1150 § 1, 1988)
Buildings, structures and land shall be used, and buildings
and structures shall hereafter be erected, designed, structurally
altered or enlarged only for the following purposes, conducted entirely
within an enclosed building:
(A)
Hotels and motels without kitchen facilities (with the exception
of one manager's apartment), excluding those devoted to new time-share
uses, limited to one room or suite for each six hundred square feet
of land area.
(Ord. 1150 § 1, 1988)
The following uses may be permitted subject to the granting of a conditional use permit as provided in Section 25.05.030, with the exception that the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption shall be prohibited within two hundred yards of Main Beach:
(A)
Hotels and motels with kitchen facilities and/or ancillary commercial
retail uses, excluding those devoted to new time-share uses, limited
to one room or suite for each six hundred square feet of land area.
No added residential density shall be allowed. The conditional use
permit shall formally establish the number of units permitted to have
kitchen facilities and the permitted type and extent of kitchen facilities.
The following ancillary uses may be permitted in conjunction with
and incidental and subordinate to the primary hotel-motel use:
(1)
Commercial retail sales businesses, including retail specialty food
businesses;
(2)
Personal service shops (barber/beauty, etc.);
(3)
Recreational facilities;
(4)
Conference facilities;
(5)
Residential uses, subject to the following standards:
(6)
Such other uses as the planning commission may deem, after public
hearing, to be similar to and not more obnoxious or detrimental to
the welfare of the neighborhood in which it is located than any use
listed above.
(B)
Cafés, restaurants and lounges, when conducted in conjunction
with and incidental to a primary hotel-motel use, with the serving
of alcoholic beverages and/or dancing or entertainment permitted only
as authorized under the conditional use permit. Outdoor seating areas
and/or take-out window service (not necessarily within an enclosed
building) in conjunction with an adjacent indoor café, restaurant
or lounge may also be permitted.
(Ord. 1150 § 1, 1988)
The following may be permitted subject to the granting of an administrative use permit as provided for in Section 25.05.020 of this title:
(Ord. 1353 § 8, 1999)
The following property development standards shall apply to
all land and structures in this zone:
(A)
Lot Area and Dimensions Standards. No requirements;
(B)
Design Review. All buildings, structures and improvements are subject to design review as provided in Section 25.05.030;
(C)
Yard Area, Building Setback, Open Space and Coverage Standards.
(2)
Front Yards. A front yard open space equal to five feet times the
lot frontage shall be provided and maintained on each lot. Said open
space shall be used for landscaping, pedestrian access or similar
pedestrian facilities, accessible to the general public. Said open
space may be used for open-air seating areas to serve adjacent interior
restaurant uses. Walls not higher than four feet may be erected within
said open space, as approved by design review. The dimension parallel
to the front lot line must exceed the dimension perpendicular to the
front lot line.
(3)
Side Yards. No requirement, unless the side lot line abuts a different
zone, in which case the side yard shall be at least equal to the minimum
required for that zone.
(4)
Rear Yards. No requirement, unless the rear lot line abuts a different zone, in which case the rear yard shall be at least equal to the minimum required for that zone. See additional rear yard requirements in Sections 25.50.004(D) and 25.50.008(E) of this title.
(5)
Open Space Requirements.
(a)
Open space shall equal twenty-five percent of the nonresidential
gross floor area, exclusive of parking and driveways, which area may
be used for landscaping, pedestrian access or similar pedestrian facilities,
accessible to the general public.
(b)
Additional open space shall be provided for residential uses equaling
a minimum of forty percent of the total gross living areas.
(D)
Building Height Standards. The following building height limits represent
the maximum heights permitted and may be reduced as determined appropriate
by the design review authority.
(1)
The height of any building shall not exceed the applicable height
limits shown below measured vertically to any point along the applicable
reference line that creates a horizontal plane longitudinally over
the entire lot:
|
Rear Lot Line Above Street
(slope in percent)
|
Height Permitted Above Rear Lot Line
(at every point along the rear lot line)
|
|---|---|
|
0 to 5
|
22 ft.
|
|
5+ to 10
|
17 ft.
|
|
Over 10
|
12 ft.
|
|
Through Lot
(slope in percent)
|
Height Permitted Above Upper Curb or Street Elevation
|
|---|---|
|
0 to 5
|
30 ft.
|
|
5+ to 10
|
25 ft.
|
|
Over 10
|
20 ft.
|
|
Rear Lot Line Below Street
(slope in percent)
|
Height Permitted Above Upper Curb or Street Elevation
|
|---|---|
|
0 to 5
|
30 ft.
|
|
5+ to 10
|
25 ft.
|
|
Over 10
|
20 ft.
|
(2)
The height of any building (per the building height definition in Municipal Code Section 25.08.016) shall not exceed thirty-six feet, including parking garage floor level with access ramps located outside the structure's ground floor footprint. The thirty-six-foot height limit includes roof chimneys, vents, mechanical equipment, mechanical enclosure, elevator shafts, stairways and other such structural elements required for the operation of the building. Per the building height definition, subterranean floors are exempt from the height measurement limit.
(3)
The provisions of Section 25.50.004(D) pertaining to additional building setbacks shall apply to the front and rear setbacks.
(E)
Parking Garage Setbacks, Entrances and Standards. Parking lots and
any portion of a parking garage structure built at or above natural
or finish grade elevation, whichever is lower, shall adhere to the
yard setbacks specified in this zone. Parking garage floor levels
built below natural or finish grade elevation, whichever is lower,
may be built to the property lines provided a landscape/hardscape
plan is provided and approved by the design review authority addressing
the above grade areas within the required above grade setbacks. Subterranean
parking garage levels shall be designed to accommodate the growth
of street trees. Notwithstanding the above language, no subterranean
parking garage level(s) shall be allowed within the required bluff
top setback area.
Parking garage accessways or entrances shall be designed to
diminish their impacts by minimizing their size and architecturally
integrating amenities, such as gates, landscaping and special paving,
and their placement shall maximize pedestrian safety.
See the provisions of Chapter 25.52 for additional parking requirements.
(H)
Trash and Outdoor Storage Areas. Areas for trash or outdoor storage
shall be provided for each use, and such areas shall be enclosed and
architecturally screened in such a manner as to conceal all trash
or stored material from public view.
(I)
Landscaping. Landscaping shall be provided subject to design review
approval.
(Ord. 1150 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1187 § 3(4), 1989; Ord. 1489 § 4, 2008; Ord. 1524 § 5, 2010)
Hotels and motels are presently located in close proximity to
both commercial and residential areas and will frequently share a
functional and/or visual relationship with these areas. It is therefore
necessary for special attention to be placed on the compatible design
and orientation of development in the commercial hotel-motel zone.
The standards are general in nature and are to be applied on a site-specific
basis. They are intended to serve as a guide for achieving proper
design and to supplement other design criteria used by the design
review board.
(A)
New development shall be designed to be compatible with adjacent
zones. This shall involve preservation of the character and integrity
of the adjacent areas and maintaining an appropriate visual and functional
interrelationship between residential and commercial uses. Potentially
intrusive design elements such as traffic circulation and light and
glare shall be designed to avoid interference with the residential
environment.
(B)
The height, scale, mass and bulk of buildings shall not be overbearing
in relation to nearby residential structures. Height, scale, mass
and bulk shall also be a function of their proximity to residential
structures, with buildings in close proximity made to adhere to a
similar scale of development. Potential view impediments shall also
be considered.
(C)
Architectural styles and features shall be compatible with and complimentary
to nearby residential structures to the extent commercial and residential
structures share a visual relationship.
(D)
Landscaping shall be utilized and designed to help make commercial
development more compatible with nearby residential areas to the extent
practicable.
(E)
Commercial signage shall be designed so as not to interfere with
residential areas. This shall involve the lighting, location, orientation
and size of signs.
(Ord. 1150 § 1, 1988)
