Applicant: Copley Township Zoning Commission
Proposal: Text Amendment Application
Current Text: Hotels/Motels: Article 2, Article 4, Article 7
Proposed Text: Transient Hotel/Extended Stay Hotel: Article 2, Article 4, Article 7
Text Abstract: Updated text will revise the existing definition for Hotel/Motel as follows: A commercially run establishment providing lodging and replace with the following:
EXTENDED STAY HOTEL: (TEMPORARY STAY MAY BE MORE THAN 30 DAYS) A structure with more than five (5) units that contain independent provisions for living, eating, cooking, sleeping and sanitation and that is constructed, kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where temporary residence may be more than thirty (30) days and is offered for pay to persons but is not used as the permanent or principal residence of the occupants.
Such Structure is approved pursuant to a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the building official having jurisdiction and licensed by the state fire marshal.
TRANSIENT HOTEL: (TEMPORARY STAY SHALL BE 30 DAYS OR LESS) A structure consisting of one or more buildings, with more than five sleeping rooms, that is specifically constructed, kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests for a period of thirty days or less but is not used as the permanent or principal residence of the occupants.
Such Structure is approved pursuant to a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the building official having jurisdiction and licensed by the state fire marshal.
The text will Conditionally permit Extended Stay Hotels in the Commercial Office/Retail District and Conditionally Permit Transient Hotels in the Commercial General, Neighborhood and Highway Services District.
Copies of the proposed amendment are available for examination online at https://www.copley.oh.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03022023-719?html=true and in person at 1540 S Cleveland Massillon Road. All hearings are open to the public. Written and oral comments will be heard during the hearing.
Janice Marshall, Township Administrator
On Behalf of the Copley Township Board of Trustees
3/15/2023