17.157.010 - Title.

The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the Deemed Approved Hotel regulations.

(Ord. 12137 § 2 (part), 1999)

17.157.020 - Purpose of Deemed Approved Hotel regulations.

The general purposes of the Deemed Approved Hotel regulations are to protect and promote the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare by requiring that Hotels and Rooming Houses that were Legal Nonconforming Activities immediately prior to the effective date of the Deemed Approved Hotel regulations comply with the Deemed Approved performance standards at Article III, Section 17.157.060 of this chapter and to achieve the following objectives:

A.

To protect residential, commercial, industrial and civic areas and minimize the adverse impacts of nonconforming and incompatible uses;

B.

To provide opportunities for Deemed Approved Hotel Activities to operate in mutually beneficial relationship to each other and to other commercial and civic services;

C.

To regulate those businesses that provide over night or short term accommodations in order to provide a standard of quality commonly expected of the hospitality industry;

D.

To provide that Deemed Approved Hotel Activities are not the source of undue public nuisances or visual blight in the community;

E.

To provide for properly maintained Deemed Approved Hotel Activities so that negative impacts generated by these activities are not harmful to the surrounding environment in any way;

F.

To monitor that Deemed Approved Hotel Activities do not substantially change in mode or character of operation.

G.

To assure that guests and residents at Deemed Approved Hotel Activities are provided safe, clean, and secure accommodations.

(Ord. 12137 § 2 (part), 1999)

17.157.030 - Applicability of Deemed Approved Hotel regulations.

A.

To Which Property Applicable. The Deemed Approved Hotel regulations shall apply, to the extent permissible under other laws, to all Legal Nonconforming Hotels and Rooming Houses within the city.

B.

Duplicated Regulation. Whenever any provisions of the Deemed Approved Hotel regulations and any other provision of law, whether set forth in this code, or in any other law, ordinance, or resolution of any kind, imposes overlapping or contradictory regulations, or contains restrictions covering any same subject matter, that provision which is more restrictive or imposes higher standards shall control, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Deemed Approved Hotel regulations.

C.

Relationship to the Zoning Regulations. The Nonconforming Use provisions of the zoning regulations including, but not limited to, OPC Section 17.114.020, 17.114.070(A)(4), 17.114.080(A) (1) and (2), shall apply to the Deemed Approved Hotel regulations.

(Ord. 12137 § 2 (part), 1999)

17.157.040 - Administrative Hearing Officer.

There is created a Hotel Administrative Hearing Officer. The Hotel Administrative Hearing Officer shall conduct public hearings and establish findings and conditions intended to encourage and achieve compliance with the Hotel Performance Standards at Section 17.157.060 of particular sites as appropriate. This section is not intended to restrict the powers and duties otherwise pertaining to other city officers or bodies, in the field of monitoring and ensuring the harmony of Deemed Approved Hotel activities in the city. These parties shall have the powers and duties assigned to them by the city codes and ordinances, by the City Charter, or by valid administrative authority.

(Ord. 12137 § 2 (part), 1999)