ORDINANCE BL2017-1005

An ordinance amending 17.08.030 and 17.16.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to establish regulations regarding hotels (Proposal No. 2017Z-028TX-001).

NOW, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That section 17.08.030 (District land use tables) of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is hereby amended by adding under Commercial Uses “Hotel/Motel” as a use permitted with conditions (PC) in AG, AR2a, RS80 through RS3.75, R80 through R6-A, RM2 through RM20-A, RM40 through RM100-A, MUN and MUN-A, ON, OR20 through OR40-A, CN and CN-A, SCN, SCC and IWD, IR, and IG; and as a permitted (P) use in MUL and MUL-A, MUG and MUG-A, MUI and MUI-A, OG, ORI and ORI-A, CL and CL-A, CS and CS-A, CA, CF, DTC, and SCR.

Section 2. That Section 17.16.070 (Commercial uses) of the Metropolitan Code is hereby amended by adding the following as subsection 17.16.070.N thereto and renumbering the remaining sections.

N. Hotel/Motel. Hotels shall be permitted provided the following conditions are met:

1. For properties within the Urban Zoning Overlay (UZO) district, no more than three percent (3%) of the residentially zoned properties within each census tract shall be permitted as Hotel/Motel use. For properties outside of the Urban Zoning Overlay (UZO) district, no more than one percent (1%) of the residentially zoned properties within each census tract shall be permitted as Hotel/Motel use.
2. In Single-Family and One and Two-Family zoning districts, no property proposed for Hotel/Motel use shall be located within a radius of less than one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) linear feet from the property line of another property upon which another Hotel/Motel use is located.
3. In IWD, IR, and IG, Hotel/Motel is permitted as an accessory use to a multi-family use associated with Manufacturing, Artisan.

Section 3. The Metropolitan Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Ordinance to the Office of the Mayor, the Director of the Codes Administration, the Zoning Administrator, and to the Director of the Planning Department.

Section 4. This Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation and shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Freddie O'Connell