The following requirements shall be complied with:
(a) Area and Yard Requirements. Motels and motor hotels shall comply with all area and yard requirements prescribed for such uses in the District in which located.
(b) Parking. All areas used for automobile access and parking shall comply with the applicable provisions of this Ordinance.
(c) Entrance. No vehicular entrance to or exit from any motel shall be within two-hundred (200) feet along streets from any school, public playground, church, hospital, library or institution for dependents or for children, except where such property is in another block or another street which the premises in question do not abut.
(d) Landscaping - Unused Areas. All areas not used for access, parking circulation, buildings and service shall be completely and permanently landscaped and the entire site maintained in good condition. A landscaped strip of land not less than fifteen (15) feet in width, shall be established and maintained along its exterior boundaries when adjoining any "R" District.
(e) Enclosure. Motels shall be enclosed on the sides and in the rear by appropriate privacy fences, not less than six (6) feet high, or by a combination of landscaped screens and other suitable fences acceptable to the Commission.
(f) Enlargement-Existing Facilities to Comply. No enlargements or extensions to any motel shall be permitted unless the existing facility is made to conform substantially with all the requirements for new construction for such an establishment.
(g) Screening Between Motel and Residential Districts. Newly established motel uses adjacent or backing on a Residential District shall provide on that adjacent property line, within six months of development, a dense hedge, tree row, fence or other suitable landscape device adequate to visually screen the motel area from the residential area. Plant material shall be a minimum of four (4) feet tall at the time of planting. Fences, walls and/or other landscape devices shall be a minimum height of six (6) feet. All vegetation shall continuously be properly maintained for appearance.
(Ord. 1045. Passed 10-14-14.)