Section 629. RH Resort District.
The Resort District provides for resorts occupying extensive grounds and providing within the establishment related guest service facilities such as restaurants, bars, gift shops, and riding stables. Resort districts may be close to residential neighborhoods and will, therefore, provide regulations and site plan controls to protect the residential quality of the Resort District itself and surrounding residential districts.
A. Permitted Uses.
1. Resorts.
2. The following accessory uses and buildings which are intended primarily to serve the guests of the resort are permitted:
a. Attached or detached dwelling units.
b. Golf courses.
c. Shuffleboard courts.
d. Swimming pools.
e. Tennis courts and handball courts.
f. Conference and banquet rooms, provided that no sign, display, or other exterior indications of said use shall be visible from a public thoroughfare or adjacent property.
g. Bars and restaurants, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The entrance to said accessory uses shall be from within the exterior walls of the principal buildings, their arcades, or patios.
(2) No sign, display or other exterior indications of the accessory use shall be visible from a public thoroughfare or adjacent property.
(3) Live music, entertainment, and dancing shall be permitted as an accessory use, subject to a use permit.
h. Retail and service establishments other than bars and restaurants, subject to the following conditions:
(1) No individual establishment shall contain more than two thousand square feet, excluding conference rooms or banquet rooms.
(2) The sum of the floor areas of all such establishments shall not exceed five percent of the total floor area of the resort.
(3) The entrance to said accessory use shall be from within the exterior walls of the principal building, its arcade or patio.
(4) No sign, display or other exterior indications of the accessory use shall be visible from a public thoroughfare or adjacent property.
i. Riding stables and corrals, subject to the following conditions:
(1) There shall be a minimum area of ten acres gross for a resort having stables.
(2) A stable or corral shall be located at a distance of not less than two hundred fifty feet from a residential district.
j. Minor game courts not herein enumerated, commonly associated with resorts.
k. Reserved.
3. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for serving the surrounding territory. Repair and/or storage facilities, including outdoor, subject to a use permit.
B. Yard, Height, Area and Density Requirements.
1. The following minimum requirements shall apply:
a. There shall be a minimum of seven and one-half acres gross area.
b. The site shall have a frontage of at least three hundred feet on streets designated as arterial streets on the street classification map.
c. There shall be at least fifty guestrooms.
d. Any dwelling units shall be in excess of the minimum fifty guestrooms.
2. The maximum density shall not exceed ten guestrooms or dwelling units for each one-half acre.
3. Setback requirements for all buildings:
a. All buildings shall be set back a distance of not less than twenty-five feet from all property lines.
b. All buildings shall be set back a distance of not less than forty feet from property lines which abut residential districts. This depth may be reduced to twenty-five feet if the twenty-five feet is entirely landscaped.
c. There shall be a front yard having a depth of at least forty feet.
d. No vehicle shall be parked in the required front yard.
4. The main building and all accessory buildings shall not occupy more than twenty percent of the total lot area.
5. Building height shall be as follows:
a. Buildings within one hundred feet of any residential district or perimeter street shall not exceed twenty feet.
b. Starting at one hundred feet from any abutting residential district or perimeter street, or twenty-five feet from property lines which abut nonresidential districts, the height of structures may be increased one foot for each five of horizontal distance. In no event shall any such building exceed a height of four stories not to exceed forty-eight feet.
C. Site and Lighting Requirements.
1. When a Resort District abuts a single-family residential district, a landscape screen, a minimum of ten feet wide, shall be established and maintained on the abutting lot line.
2. Exterior lighting shall meet the following height requirements:
a. A maximum height of six feet is permitted within fifty feet of a residential district.
b. A maximum height of twelve feet is permitted within one hundred feet of a residential district.
c. All other lighting shall not exceed twenty-five feet in height.
D. Development Review Approval. A site plan approved in accordance with Section 507 of this ordinance is required for all uses.
E. Parking Requirements. Parking shall be as required in Section 702 of this ordinance. (Ord. No. G-3465, 1991; Ord. No. G-3490, 1992; Ord. No. G-4039, 1997; Ord. No. G-4109, 1998; Ord. No. G-4154, 1999; Ord. No. G-5329, 2009)