[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Shorewood
as Ch. 10, Arts. 12 and 18 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated. The word "shall" as used in this chapter is always mandatory and
not merely directory.
Any rooming unit or combination of rooming units set aside as a rental
unit.
Any person who, either at his own expense or at the expense of another,
obtains lodging or the use of lodging space in any motel, with the intent
to remain temporarily rather than permanently.
A series of attached, semiattached or detached rooming units which
may be located in a single building or structure, with separate entrances,
operated as a single business, containing individual sleeping units with bathrooms
and closet space, designed for or used by automobile tourists and transients,
and shall include tourist courts, auto courts, motor inns and motor lodges,
with convenient access to a parking space for the use of the units' occupants
and direct and convenient access to a traveled road, and maintained and rented
to the public as accommodations for auto tourists and transients by the day,
week or month.
Includes the owner, manager, tenant or any person owning or in charge
of the motel, and shall include natural persons, firms or corporations.
Includes persons, partnership, firm, company, corporation, tenant,
owner, lessee or licensee, or occupant, their agents, heirs or assigns.
A room or suite of rooms, in a motel, occupied or designed for occupation
for sleeping purposes.
A.
The Building Inspector, in cooperation with the Village
Health Officer, the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief, has the duty and responsibility
to enforce all the provisions of this chapter as prescribed herein, or such
provisions as may hereafter be enacted, and for the purpose of securing such
enforcement, any of the above or their duly authorized representatives shall
have the right and are hereby empowered to enter upon any premises on which
any motel units are located or are about to be located and inspect the same
and all accommodations connected therewith at any and all reasonable times.
[Amended 9-18-1995 by Ord. No. 1717]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate
or maintain, or permit to be established, operated or maintained, upon any
property owned or controlled by him, a motel within the limits of the Village
of Shorewood without first securing a license therefor from the Village Board.
Such license shall expire the 30th day of June each year but may be renewed
under the provisions of this chapter for additional periods of one year. Licenses
shall not be transferable from one person to another. In addition to any license
required under this chapter, Chapter 229, Food, Lodging and Recreational Safety
and Licensing, of the Village Code requires all motels to be licensed and
pay the fees pursuant to the provisions of that chapter.
[Amended 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. 1906]
B.
The application for a license or the renewal thereof shall be filed with the Village Clerk and shall be accompanied by a fee as provided by the Village Fee Schedule for each existing or proposed motel rooming unit and a license bond in the sum of $2,000 to guarantee compliance with the terms of this chapter. The application for a license or a renewal thereof shall be on printed forms furnished by the Village Clerk and shall include the name and address of the owner in fee of the tract (if the fee is vested in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement shall be required from that person stating that the applicant is authorized by him to construct or maintain the motel and to make the application) and such a legal description of the premises upon which the motel is or will be located as will readily identify and definitely locate the premises. The application shall be accompanied by four copies of the motel site plan, as required under § 370-5 hereof.
C.
Before such license may be issued, the Village Board
shall consider recommendations by a majority of the members of the Shorewood
Plan Commission and of the Design Review Board; in addition, the plans for
the motel development must be approved by the Building Inspector as complying
with all of the provisions of this chapter and all of the other applicable
ordinances of the Village of Shorewood before such license may be issued.
In making such recommendations to the Village Board, the Plan Commission and
the Design Review Board shall consider as factors the guidelines and criteria
set forth in § 225-12H of the Shorewood Village Code.
D.
Licenses issued under the terms of this chapter convey
no right to erect any building, to do any plumbing work or to do any electrical
work without first obtaining the required permits for such work.
A.
In every motel, there shall be an office in which shall
be located the office of the person in charge of said motel. A copy of the
motel license and of this chapter shall be posted therein, and the motel register
shall at all times be kept in said office.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person
in charge, together with the licensee, to:
(1)
Keep at all times a register of all guests which shall
be open at all times to inspection by state and federal officers and officers
of the Village of Shorewood, showing for all guests:
(2)
Maintain the motel in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition
at all times.
(3)
See that the provisions of this chapter are complied
with and enforced and report promptly to the proper authorities any violations
of this chapter or any other violations of law which may come to his attention.
(4)
Report to the Village Health Officer all cases of persons
or animals affected or suspected of being affected with any communicable disease.
(5)
Prevent the running loose of any dogs, cats or other
animals or pets.
(6)
Maintain in convenient places, approved by the Fire Department,
hand fire extinguishers in good operating condition, in a ratio as required
by the Fire Department or by state law.
(7)
Prohibit the use of any motel unit, rooming unit or part
thereof by a greater number of occupants than that which it is designed to
accommodate.
(8)
Post rates as required by state law; it shall be unlawful
for any owner or operator of a motel to make an extra charge for the use of
appliances or facilities such as air conditioning, television, fans, radios,
swimming pool, etc., unless such extra charge is clearly shown on the posted
rate schedule or in some other satisfactory manner to be approved by the Building
Inspector.
A.
The Village Board may approve a site plan upon the advice
of the Village Planner, Village Engineer, the Design Review Board and the
Plan Commission with respect to the design and location of structures, layout
and improvement of off-street parking and loading areas, location and width
of driveways, ingress and egress to and from the site, grading, location and
planting of landscape areas and location and design of lighting and signs.
B.
Rooming units shall be clearly designated. All parking spaces provided for said rooming units shall be of such design, nature and number as is required under Chapter 535, Zoning, of the Shorewood Village Code.
C.
Each rooming unit of a motel, exclusive of bathroom and
closet facilities, shall have at least 200 square feet of floor area for a
single occupancy, 250 square feet of floor area for a double occupancy, and
at least 300 square feet of floor area for more than a double occupancy.
D.
Every rooming unit of a motel shall be furnished with
an electrical service as is required under the State Electrical Code.
E.
Every rooming unit of a motel shall have at least one
window. The total window area shall be at least 10% of the floor area of the
rooming unit. Ventilation approved by the Building Inspector shall be required.
F.
The bathroom in each rooming unit shall be as required under Chapter 225, Building Construction, of the Village Code.
G.
Whenever the motel site adjoins a residential area, a
suitable wall or fence not less than five feet in height shall be erected,
and whenever the area designated on the site plan for off-street parking or
for off-street loading adjoins a residential area, in addition to the wall
or fence and adjacent thereto, a landscaped strip not less than four feet
in depth shall be planted and permanently maintained or, in the alternative,
wherever the site adjoins a residential area, a compact evergreen hedge not
less than five feet in height shall be planted and permanently maintained,
provided that within a required front yard or within 50 feet of a street intersection,
the height of the wall, fence or hedge shall be limited to four feet.
H.
An adequate loading zone shall be provided to service
the motel, which shall be approved by the Building Inspector.
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work on or at any motel
licensed under this chapter shall be in accordance with the ordinances of
the Village of Shorewood regulating such work unless said ordinances are specifically
made inapplicable under the terms of this chapter.[1]
[Amended 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. 1906]
Each rooming unit of a motel shall have a complete bathroom, including
flush toilet, sink, bath or shower. Floors of bathrooms shall be constructed
of materials which are impervious to water. Each bathroom shall be provided
with an adequate supply of hot and cold running water, soap, individual or
paper towels and toilet paper at all times. In addition, the provisions of
the state code applicable hereto shall govern.
A.
The Village Board is hereby authorized to suspend or
revoke any license issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter if, after
due investigation, it determines that the holder thereof has violated any
of the provisions of this chapter or that any motel is being maintained in
an unsanitary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance.
B.
Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Village Board granting, denying, renewing, suspending or revoking a license for a motel under this chapter may file a written request for a hearing before said Board within 10 days after issuance of such decision. The appeal procedures set forth in § 370-11 shall be applicable herein.
Subject to other provisions of this chapter, any person aggrieved by
an administrative ruling, judgment or decision may appeal for a hearing before
the Board of Appeals within 10 days after the issuance of such ruling, judgment
or decision. A nonrefundable appeal fee as provided by the Village Fee Schedule
shall accompany each and every appeal brought hereunder. The Village Clerk
shall give notice of a hearing to the appellant, to be held within 30 days
after service of the notice on the appellant, said service to be served either
personally or by certified mail addressed to the appellant's last known address.
All other interested parties may be given written notice of said hearing by
regular mail. Upon conclusion of the hearing held by the Board of Appeals,
the Board shall make a ruling. The written decision of the Board shall be
mailed to the appellant by the Village Clerk within 10 days of said decision.
Any determination by the Board of Appeals may be appealed to the Circuit Court
of Milwaukee County as provided by law.
[Amended 2-4-1991 by Ord. No. 1596]
