[Added 8-4-1981 by Res. No. 2]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A structure in which lodging is provided for transient people
and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and
egress to and from all rooms is made through an inside lobby or office
supervised by a person in charge at all hours.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, no building
or premises shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected
unless as otherwise provided in this chapter, except for use as a
motel or hotel and related service use.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the
following related service uses may be permitted only in conjunction
with the motel-hotel use and when contained in the primary structure
and when approved by the Town Board:
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, no structure
shall be erected or altered on a lot having an area of less than three
acres.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, there
shall be provided 1,500 square feet of land area for each lodging
unit. The area devoted to the related service uses, including the
parking and loading requirements for same, shall be excluded from
the calculation for the lodging unit density.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, off-street parking area requirements shall be in conformity with those requirements under Article XXIII, Off-Street Parking and Loading, provided that no parking or loading areas shall be located within 25 feet of a street nor within 25 feet of a residentially zoned district or use.
[Amended 5-15-1990]
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, no building
or structure hereafter erected or altered shall be more than three
stories above average ground level, nor exceed 35 feet in height unless
expressly permitted by the Town Board and subject to any covenants
and restrictions the Town Board may place on the parcel.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the
minimum street frontage shall be 200 feet.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the
required front yard depth shall be not less than 75 feet.
In M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District there shall be a rear yard having a minimum depth of 50 feet. The rear yard may be used for the purpose of off-street parking and loading space, provided that it conforms to § 213-150.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, there
shall be two side yards; and no one side yard shall be less than 40
feet.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the
minimum floor area for each lodging unit shall not be less than 250
square feet.
All accessory structures shall be prohibited
unless otherwise approved by the Town Board and subject to Planning
Board specifications during site plan review.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, all
areas of the site a except for the building areas and paved areas
shall be planted with grass and shrubs, trees, screening, sprinkler
systems and bermed in conformance with a landscape plan approved by
the Department of Planning and Development and Planning Board during
the site plan review. Such landscaped areas shall be regularly maintained
so as to assure the viability of all required plant material and the
lack of such maintenance shall constitute a violation of this article.
All parking areas that are visible from the front property line, as
determined by the Planning Board, shall be concealed from the street
by an earthen landscaped berm with a number of dense trees and/or
shrubs planted along the berm in much a manner as to screen parked
vehicles as seen from the front property line. The landscaping and
construction of the berm shall be approved by the Planning Board.
A motel-hotel may be altered or reconstructed
only by special permission of the Town Board.
Individual lodging units may not have cooking
facilities.
A fire protection system which shall include
a sprinkler system, smoke detectors and self-activated public address
and alarm systems shall be required and approved by the Town Board.
All walls of buildings shall be finished with
face brick, stone, modern metal paneling, wood, glass, precast concrete
finished with an attractive surface or their equivalent. No unpainted
or unfinished metal or galvanized metal sidings shall be permitted
for any exterior walls or roofs. All building exteriors, including
but not limited to precast concrete, tilt-up concrete, metal or wood
partitions, shall be painted in a color approved by the Planning Board
and Architectural Review Board as indicated on the required rendering
of the building. Preengineered buildings are prohibited unless the
building exterior is finished with face brick, stone, modern metal
paneling, wood, glass, precast concrete finished with an attractive
surface or their equivalent.
Each applicant will be required to prepare an
environmental assessment [similar to that required by the New York
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)] and file this assessment
with the Planning Board, and it shall accompany the site plan application.
A.
In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, there shall
be:
(1)
One wall sign per building side permitted. The type,
location and size of the wall sign shall be approved by the Town Board.
(2)
One freestanding sign with a maximum square footage
size of 32 square feet. The type and location of the freestanding
sign shall be approved by the Town Board.
(3)
Directional signs permitted. The number, size, type
and location of the directional signs shall be approved by the Town
Board.
B.
All signs on the site are to be approved by the Town
Board.
[Added 9-15-1981 by Res. No. 9]
Wherever an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel zoned parcel
shall abut upon a residential zoned parcel or any parcel used for
residential purposes (except for cemeteries), there shall be a buffer
strip five feet wide erected, planted and thereafter maintained on
the plot pursuant to Planning Board requirements, unless the Planning
Board shall require a greater or larger buffer strip.
