Motels and hotels

1. No motel or hotel shall be constructed on a lot having less than two hundred feet (200') frontage, nor less than forty thousand square feet (40,000 ft.²) of lot area.
2. On each lot used for motel or hotel purposes there shall be provided front, rear and side yards each not less than fifty feet (50') in depth.
3. A space not less than twenty feet (20') shall be maintained open with grass, bushes, flowers or trees all along each side yard, rear yard and front yard except for entrance and exit driveways and such open space shall not be built on, not paved nor used for parking.
4. No space within the required front yard depth shall be used for parking except as a temporary nature such as for registering.
5. Each motel or hotel site shall be provided with not more than two (2) motor vehicle driveways for each abutting street which shall intersect the abutting street or streets at ninety degrees (90°).
6. Each rental unit shall contain not less than two hundred ten square feet (210 ft.²) of habitable floor area.
7. Height restrictions as set forth in Article IV. may be varied subject to Zoning Board of Review for motels containing one hundred (100) or more units.
8. Subject to Zoning Board of Review approval, uses such as, but not limited, to restaurants, convention facilities, health clubs, retail shops, beauty and barber shops are permitted within motels containing one hundred (100) or more units.
9. In granting a special use permit for a development under this section the Zoning Board of Review shall, immediately upon receipt of an application hereunder, refer the site plan and related documents to the Portsmouth Planning Board for review and advice, per the stipulations of Article XI. Development Plan Review. Plans shall also be referred to the Design Review Board review and advice, per the stipulations of Article XI. Development Plan Review.