Vacation guest facilities

Vacation guest facilities are subject to the following conditions:

• • A. Each single bedroom unit for hire shall have a floor area of at least five hundred (500) square feet devoted to living space except that units without kitchens shall be permitted with a minimum floor area of four hundred (400) square feet.

  • B. Two bedroom units shall have a minimum floor area of six hundred twenty (620) square feet devoted to living space.

  • C. Three bedroom units shall have a minimum floor area of seven hundred forty (740) square feet devoted to living space.

  • D. No unit shall have more than three bedrooms.

  • E. In those districts where a vacation guest facility is allowed by right (general business and commercial-industrial) the following may occur:

    Provided that the property owner agrees to maintain not less than twenty (20) percent of: (1) the total lot area where the facility is located, or (2) the total lot area of two contiguous lots where such facilities are located, as a naturally landscaped area, i.e. lawn, walkways, trees and/or shrubbery without pavement, the parking requirements for the facility or facilities may vary from the established standards in Chapter 17.104 as follows:

    • • 1. For each one-bedroom unit and for each room that can be converted into a one-bedroom unit by locking it out from the other rooms in the unit, one space is required;

      • 2. For each unit with two or more bedrooms, one and one-half spaces are required.

  • F. There shall not be more than one unit for each one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet of lot area. Contiguous lots with similar facilities can be measured together to determine the number of units for meeting this standard.

  • G. For new construction or renovations resulting in the up-grading of service, all utilities shall be installed underground.

  • H. During the course of the development plan review for a vacation guest facility the conceptual design of the exterior of the facility shall be presented to the historic district commission for recommendations on compatibility with the surrounding area in accordance with Section 17.80.060.

(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000: Ord. 12-96 § 1 (6), 1996: prior code § 1264.03.37)