These regulations are intended to allow for a more efficient use of large, older houses in residential areas if the neighborhood character is preserved to maintain both the residential neighborhood experience and the bed and breakfast experience. These regulations enable owners to maintain large residential structures in a manner which keeps them primarily in residential uses. The proprietor can take advantage of the scale and often the architectural and historical significance of a residence. The regulations provide an alternative form of lodging for visitors that prefer a residential setting.
(a) Description: A bed and breakfast facility is described as a private residence where lodging and breakfast is provided by a resident family for compensation. Such a facility is generally used by transients.
(b) Retail Sales and Service Use: In zones where retail sales and service uses are allowed, limited or conditional uses, a bed and breakfast facility is defined as a hotel and is included in the retail sales and service category.
(c) Where These Regulations Apply: The regulations of this chapter apply to bed and breakfast facilities in any zoning district where a residential use is permitted or conditionally permitted.
(d) Use Related Regulations: Bed and breakfast facilities are considered an accessory use to a household living on the site. This means that the individual or family who operates the facility must occupy the house as their primary residence.
(e) Maximum Size: Bed and breakfast facilities are limited to a maximum of four bedrooms for guests and a maximum of eight (8) guests per night. In the single dwelling zones, bed and breakfast facilities over these size limits are prohibited.
(f) Employees: Bed and breakfasts facilities may have nonresident employees for the lodging activity such as booking rooms and food preparation, if approved as part of the conditional use review. Hired service for normal maintenance, repair and care of the residence or site such as yard maintenance will not be considered employees of the bed and breakfast facilities.
(g) Services to Guests: Food service may be provided only to overnight guests of a bed and breakfast facility.
(h) Commercial Meetings: Activities including luncheons, banquets, parties, weddings, meetings, charitable fund raising, commercial or advertising activities, or other gatherings for direct or indirect compensation, are permitted at a bed and breakfast facility subject to the occupancy limitations outlined in subsection (e) above.
(i) Consecutive Nights: Each paying guest may stay at a bed and breakfast for not more than thirty (30) consecutive nights at any single visit nor more than a total of forty-five (45) nights in any calendar year.
(j) Development Standards: Bed and breakfast facilities must comply with the development standards of the base zone.
(k) Appearance: Residential structures may be remodeled for the development of a bed and breakfast facility. However, structural alterations may not be made which prevent the structure being used as a residence as a residence in the future. Internal or external changes which will make the dwelling appear less residential in function are not allowed. Examples of such alterations include installation of more than five parking spaces, paving of required setbacks, and commercial type exterior lighting.
(l) Signs: Signs must meet the regulations for houses.
(m) Parking: One off-street parking space shall be required per guest room. If parking spaces are off-site, a written agreement between the owner of the parking space(s) and the bed and breakfast facility operator is required.
(n) Conditional Review: Bed and breakfast facilities require a conditional review. The approval criteria are stated in Section 1104.10.
(o) Monitoring: All bed and breakfast facilities must maintain a guest log book. It must include the names and home addresses of guests, guest's license plate numbers if traveling by car, dates of stay, and the room number of each guest. The log must be available for inspection by Village Staff upon request.
(Ord. 2015-09. Passed 7-13-15.)