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RESOLUTION P.C. 96-5
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TO RECOMMEND AMENDING THE DEFINITIONS OF
"HOTEL" AND "MOTEL."
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on November 21, December
5, 1995, and January 16, 1996, to consider amending the definition of "hotel" and to receive oral
and written testimony and made the following Findings:
A. The current definition of hotel includes reference to standards which state that only a
limited number of rooms may have kitchen facilities, and specifies a minimum lobby size ;
B. These parts of the definition act as development standards, which are not typically included
in a definition of a type of land use;
C . These standards may unnecessarily limit design flexibility and, further, it is
questionable whether they serve a legitimate public purpose given that the ultimate
design and development of a hotel project is subject to review and approval through
the Precise Development Plan review process;
D . The subject text amendment is exempt from the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to the general rule set forth in Section
15061(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, as there is no possibility that the modification to
the hotel definition may have a significant effect on the environment.
NOW, THEREFORE , the Planning Commission of the City of Hermosa Beach,
California, hereby recommends that the zoning ordinance text be amended as follows:
SECTION 1. Amend the definitions of Hotel and Motel, contained in the alphabetical list of
commercial land use definitions in Article 2.1, to read as follows:
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Hotel. One (1) or more buildings containing six (6) or more guest rooms, with such rooms being
designed, intended to be used or are used, rented or hired out as temporary or overnight
accommodations for guests in which daily services of linen change, towel change, soap change
and general clean-up are provided by the management. No room may be used, rented or hired out
by the same person or persons for a period exceeding 90 days per year, whether or not
consecutive. Access to all rooms is provided through a common entrance; and the project shall
include a registration lobby manned on a twenty-four-hour basis. The decision-making body shall
have the authority to the set any limitation on the number and/or type or size of kitchenette
facilities provided in the guest rooms for projects located on parcels of greater than 20,000 square
feet.
This definition excludes jails, hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, orphanages, prisons, detention
homes and similar buildings where human beings are housed and detained under legal restraint.
Motel: One ( 1) or more buildings containing guest rooms with such rooms being designed,
intended to be used or are used, rented or hired out as temporary or overnight accommodations
for guests, in which daily services of linen change, towel change, soap change and general clean
up are provided by the management. No room may be used, rented or hired out by the same
person or persons for a period exceeding 90 days per year, whether or not consecutive. Such
facilities are designed, and used for automobile tourists or transients and shall include a
registration/checkout service on a twenty-four-hour basis. The decision-making body shall have
the authority to the set any limitation on the number and/or type or size of kitchenette facilities
provided in the guest rooms for projects located on parcels of greater than 20,000 square feet.
This definition excludes jails, hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, orphanages, prisons, detention
homes and similar buildings where human beings are housed and detained under legal restraint
VOTE : AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN :
ABSENT:
Comms .Dettelbach,DiMonda,Merl,Perrotti, Chmn. Tucker
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CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution P.C. 96-5 is a true and complete record of the
action taken by the Planning Commission of the City of Hermosa Beach, California at their
a mee~an ry 16, 1996 .
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