Law Would Reduce Length of Hotel Stays
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The City Council on Monday voted unanimously to move ahead with an ordinance that would limit the number of long-term guests hotels and motels can have.
The ordinance is in response to code violations found in Lincoln Avenue motels during recent inspections and to numerous calls from those areas for police help.
Officials say many hotels and motels have been operating more as residences than businesses because of the number of long-term stays. A long-term stay is defined as any visit that exceeds 30 consecutive days or 30 days per calendar quarter.
The ordinance would impose a three-year schedule for reducing the number of rooms that could be used long term; from 30% in the first year to an ultimate 15% level. Hotels and motels would have to meet design criteria to qualify rooms for long-term stays.
A number of motel representatives opposed the plan, saying it would hurt their businesses. Others said the ordinance discriminates against law-abiding, low-income residents who stay at the motels.
The council will vote on the ordinance in December.
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