(a) Location. A special Bed and Breakfast Residence Overlay District is hereby created composed of those portions of residential zones (all "R" prefixed zones) that are within an area defined by the western limits of the southern limit of the business zone to the north of Wall Street, thence to the west at the Lake Erie Shore to the ditch immediately to the west of West Drive, thence in a southerly direction along this ditch to the rear (south) property line of the residential properties at the south side of West Cleveland Road, thence following this property line to the east to the west property line of the residences facing on the west side of Ohio Street, thence south along this rear property line to Route 6, crossing Route 6 to the west property line of the residential properties facing onto the west side of Center Street and along this line to the south to the railroad track, along the railroad track to the east to the commercial zone fronting on the east side of Williams Street and then northerly to the point of beginning.
(b) Permitted Uses. In this portion of these residential areas, deemed to be the Historic Residential Core of Huron, bed and breakfast residences shall be permitted as uses in residential structures, as defined in Section 1121.04
, in addition to the permitted uses specified elsewhere in this Zoning Ordinance for these districts, under the following additional restrictions.
(c) Restrictions. A bed and breakfast residence shall contain no more than two guest rooms, to be occupied by no more than a total of four adults, and shall be operated by the resident owner of the property. Guest rooms are intended for transient short-term occupancy and may not be occupied for more than fourteen days. Breakfast shall be provided only to guest room occupants and not to the general public. Only one nonilluminated sign shall be permitted in relation to a bed and breakfast residence. The sign shall be executed in historically appropriate period-style letters, and shall not contain the words "hotel", "motel", "boarding house", "room" or "rooms". No residence shall be removed in order to allow for a bed and breakfast use, nor shall a residence, or a tree larger than four inches in trunk diameter, be removed to provide parking for such a use.
Other than the single permitted sign, there shall be no exterior expression of the bed and breakfast use that is not a common exterior expression of the residence types of the overlayed residential district. Bed and breakfast residence guest rooms shall all be within the principal residence and shall be a part of the residential utility services systems.
(Ord. 1990-20. Passed 11-26-90.)