Ordinance No. 744 - Hotel and Motel RegulationsORDINANCE NO. 744
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROSEMEAD ADOPTING HOTEL AND MOTEL
REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD HEREBY ORDAINS
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Rosemead Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition of the
following new subsections to Section 9181.1.30:
Q. Registration required. Every person conducting any motel, lodging
house, or hotel in the City shall at all times keep and maintain therein a register, in
which shall be inscribed with ink or indelible pencil, the name and home street
address of each and every guest or person renting or occupying a room therein.
The register shall also contain the motor vehicle make, model, year and license
plate number if the guest arrives by motor vehicle. This requirement shall not
• apply to single-family or multi-family residences. The register shall be signed by
the person renting or occupying a room, and the proprietor of the motel, lodging
house, or hotel or his or her agents shall thereupon write opposite such name or
names so registered the number of each room assigned to or occupied by each
such guest, together with the date and time when such room is rented; and until all
of such entries have been made in the register, no such agent shall be suffered or
permitted to occupy privately any room in such house. When the occupants of
each room so rented quit and surrender the room, it shall be the further duty of the
proprietor or his or her agent to enter the date and time thereof in the register
opposite the name of such occupants.
R. Alterations prohibited. Erasures or alterations on the register required
• by Section 9181.1.30 (R) shall not be permitted or made for any purpose, and it
shall be unlawful to erase a name or names or address or addresses or to permit
such an erasure.
S. Inspection of registers authorized when. Every peace officer having
jurisdictional authority within the City of Rosemead and any Los Angeles County
Sheriffs Department License Investigator shall have access to and right to inspect
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at any time any register kept by any hotel pursuant to Section 9181.1.30 (R).
T. Registering under fictitious name prohibited. No person shall write or
cause to be written, or knowingly permit to be written in any register in any motel,
lodging house, or hotel, any other or different name or designation than the true
name of the person registering therein, or the name by which the person is
generally known.
U. Register to be kept for three years. Every person who owns or
operates a hotel, lodging house or motel shall keep the register, which is required
by Section 9181.1.30 (R), available and in good condition for a period of not less
than three years from the entry of each name and address of each guest.
V. Preventing register inspection prohibited. Every person, including but
not limited to the operator or owner of any hotel, lodging house or motel who
denies or prevents, obstructs or attempts to deny, prevent or obstruct, any peace
officer having jurisdictional authority within the City of Rosemead or Los
Angeles County Sheriffs Department License Investigator in the examination of
any register referred to in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
not more than one year imprisonment in the County Jail or by a fine of not
exceeding $1,000, or both such fine and imprisonment.
W. Repeated use of room prohibited. No person shall let any room for
sleeping or lodging purposes in any motel, lodging house, or hotel in the City
more than once between six a.m. and five fifty-nine p.m. and no more than once
between six p.m. and five fifty-nine a.m. of the following morning.
X. Hourly rtes prohibited. No person conducting any hotel, lodging
house, motel or other public lodging or agent thereof shall let any room for hourly
or other short-time rates or in any way advertise that any room is available at
hourly or other short-time rates.
Y. Penalties for violation of public lodging regulations. Except as
• otherwise provided herein, violation of the prohibited acts and or mandatory
duties set forth in this Chapter shall constitute separate misdemeanor offenses,
punishable by not more than one year imprisonment in the County Jail or by a fine
of not exceeding $1,000, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 2. Sections 9181.1.30 (G) and (K) are hereby repealed.
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Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
'CITYY CIiERK
13th day of September, 1994.
" I hereby certify that the foregoing .'Ordinance.'No.. 744 ~ was duly
and regularly adopted by the Rosemead City Council at a regular
.meeting thereof held on the 13th day of September 1994, by the
following vote:
Yes: Clark, Taylor, Bruesch, Vasquez, Imperial
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
City Clerk
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NOTE: TRUCK CATERING SERVICE ALLOWED IN C-3 ZONE WITH
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SEE RES. 75-71, ADOPTED 11-25-75
9181.1.29 Arcades in CBD, C-3 and M-1 zone. 472 6-27-78
7 9181.1.30 Hotels and motels in the C-3 and M-1 zone subject to
the following conditions:
A. Lot Area. The minimum area of the parcel or lot
shall not be less than forty thousand (40,000)
square feet.
B. Lot Width. Each lot shall have a minimum
frontage of not less than one hundred (100) feet on
a major street as depicted on the Circulation
Element of the General Plan.
C. Maximum Coverage. The maximum lot coverage of
all structures shall not exceed forth percent (40%)
of the total lot area.
D. Landscaping. A minimum of ten percent (10%) of
the total lot area is to be landscaped.
E. Yards. Side and rear yards, when abutting
. residentially zoned or used property, shall be not
less than ten (10) feet from property line.
F. The owner and/or operator of such hotel or motel
shall not permit any person as an occupant in such a
hotel or motel for a period in excess of thirty (30)
consecutive calendar days, except for one (1)
permitted manager's unit.
G. The owner and/or operator of any such hotel or
motel shall not permit any hotel or motel room to be
rented more than twice in any consecutive
twenty-four (24) period.
H. The owner and/or operator of any such hotel or,
motel shall have and maintain only one (1) meter for
each utility service to the entire use.
I. A hotel or motel may provide manager's quarters
not to exceed one (1) dwelling unit, which complies
with the minimum multi-family (R-3) standards as set
forth in this code.
J. The owner and/or operator of any such hotel or
motel shall provide daily cleaning service for each
room in such hotel or motel.
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K. Every hotel and motel shall obtain and keep
records of the name and address of guests, the make,
year, and license of the guest's vehicle, and the
state in which such vehicle is licensed.
L. Every hotel and motel shall have an office with
a registration desk, and the office shall be located
in close proximity to the entry driveway to the
street front.
M. vehicles exceeding eighty (80) inches in width
shall not be permitted to park in any required
parking lot used exclusively for hotel or motel
customers. (Non-commercial) recreational vehicles
or motor homes shall be permitted to park in such
lots, provided that at least one (1) designated
recreational vehicle parking space, which is a
minimum of ten (10) feet by thirty (30) feet, is
provided for each twenty-five (25) rooms in the
hotel or motel complex.
N. That no portable refrigerators, microwaves or
other appliances necessary for the preparation of
food be permitted in any hotel or motel room.
0. That an Economic Feasibility Study be submitted
to the Planning Department for review and approval.
The Economic Feasibility Study shall be prepared by
a professional who is familiar with preparation of
such documents. The study shall include data to
support a finding that there is a demonstrated need
for the project and that the project will
economically benefit the community as a whole.
P. Conditions of Approval. A conditional use
permit for any hotel or motel may be authorized by
the Planning Commission upon its making the
following findings:
(1) That the conditional use permit applied for
is authorized by the provisions of this chapter;
and
(2) That the granting of such conditional use
permit will not adversely affect the established
character of the surrounding neighborhood or be
injurious to the property or improvements in such
vicinity and zone in which the property is
located; and
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(3) That the establishment, maintenance, or
conduct of the use for which the conditional use
permit is sought will not, under the particular
case, be detrimental to the health, safety,,
morals, comfort, convenience, or welfare of
persons residing or working in the neighborhood
of such use and will not, under the circumstances
of the particular case, be detrimental to the
public welfare or injurious to property or
improvements in the neighborhood; and
(4) That the granting of such conditional use
permit will not adversely affect the General Plan
of the City. 604 4-28-87
9181.1.31 Ambulance and Emergency vehicle storage and
dispatching businesses in the M-1 zone subject to
complying with parking, noise, and landscaping
sections of this code. 616 1124-87
9181.1.32 Garment manufacturing, processing, or assembling,
including sewing and cutting operations in the M-1
zone. 619 1.26-88
. 9181.1.33 Auto Auctions in the C-3 zone. 631 11-8-88
9181.1.34 Mini Malls and other similar developments meeting
the definition set.forth in section 9102.36.2 of the
Rosemead Municipal Code and located in the C-1, C-3,
C.B.D., M-1, and P-D zones subject to meeting the
following requirements:
A. Back-up aisles shall be used exclusively by
the parking stalls in which they serve. No
stacking lanes, access driveways or other similar
features shall encroach into required back-up
aisles. Back-up aisles shall not be located in
such a manner so as to interfere with the ease of
ingress and egress to the site.
B. At intersecting streets, a corner setback for
all structures and parking areas shall be a
minimum of 10 feet as measured from both
intersecting property lines.
C. Architecture of the development shall be
consistent with'and/or complementary to the
surrounding neighborhood to assure the
neighborhood's integrity and the character of the
community.
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