Duluth UDC § 326

The following standards apply to hotels outside of the CBD District: a. Minimum acreage is two acres. b. All extended stay facilities shall have a minimum density of 75 guests per gross acre of development. c. Guestrooms shall be accessed internally to the building with no direct room access to the outside. The lobby shall be a minimum of 500 square feet in size. d. No room shall be accessed from the exterior of the building unless required by fire/safety regulations. e. All guest rooms, which have facilities for both the storage and preparation of food and have less than 300 square feet of floor area are limited to a maximum of two persons per such room. However, for all such guest rooms greater than 300 square feet, one additional person shall be allowable per each additional 75 square feet of floor area up to and including a maximum of four persons. f. No more than 10 percent of individual guests shall register, reside or occupy any room or rooms within the same licensed facility for a period of more than 180 days. Illustrative example of a hotel with guestrooms that are accessed internally to the building. 107 | P a g e Article Three. Restrictions on Particular Uses g. No license shall be issued for the conduct of any business from any guestroom of the facility. h. Each hotel must provide management on duty 24 hours a day. i. No hotel or motel existing at the time of adoption of this Development Code is to be converted to or used as apartment or condominium without approval of the City Council with special use approval. Any hotel or motel converted to such use must meet all applicable state and local codes including zoning standards. j. Each guest room having a stove-top unit or other type burner shall be required to also include a maximum 60-minute automatic power off timer for each such unit. k. A hard-wired smoke detector with battery backup and automatic sprinkler system shall be provided and installed in each guestroom. l. No outside storage or permanent parking of equipment or vehicles shall be allowed. m. All such facilities shall provide a 50-foot opaque undisturbed buffer from any property zoned for multi- family residential and/or 70-foot opaque undisturbed buffer from any property zoned for single family residential purposes. n. All buildings shall have a minimum roof pitch of a four in twelve as defined by applicable building code. o. A single meeting or conference space of 1,000 square feet or greater, or a business center, shall be provided on the premises. p. A swimming pool and/or a fitness center shall be provided on the premises. q. At a minimum, provisions for weekly cleaning for each suite must be provided. r. A landscaping plan is to be approved by the Planning and Development Director.