§ 300-33. Bed-and-breakfasts.

A bed-and-breakfast establishment is permitted in accordance with the Bulk and Use Tables found in the Appendix, subject to the following standards.

A. 

A bed-and-breakfast shall only be established in a single-family detached dwelling.

B. 

A maximum of five guest rooms and a maximum of 10 overnight guests at any time shall be permitted in any one bed-and-breakfast establishment.

C. 

No food preparation, except beverages, is allowed within individual guest rooms. Meal service may only be provided to overnight guests.

D. 

All parking areas on property (except driveways) shall be behind the required building setback line and shall be screened from the view of adjacent residences to a height of six feet by a solid screening fence, or by dense shrubs and vegetation.

E. 

The operator of the bed-and-breakfast shall be a full-time owner-occupant resident of the dwelling in which the bed-and-breakfast establishment is housed.

F. 

The Planning Commission shall use as criteria for the granting of a special use permit:

(1) 

The square footage of the lot dedicated to the use of the bed-and-breakfast business compared to the total square footage of the building or buildings intended for the bed-and-breakfast usage.

(2) 

Adequate parking site adjacent to or available to the building intended for the use.

(3) 

Use of surrounding properties and density of dwellings proximate to the subject property.

(4) 

Upon renewal, violation of any law, rule, regulation or ordinance of the City of Oneonta, the State of New York or the United States of America arising out of the use of the property as a bed-and-breakfast.

(5) 

Any other matter which impacts (either positively or negatively) upon the zone where the special permit is intended to be used or upon the community as a whole.

G. 

The Planning Commission shall have the authority to impose additional reasonable conditions and restrictions as are directly related to and incidental to the proposed bed-and-breakfast establishment.

H. 

Special use permits for bed-and-breakfasts shall expire 10 years from issuance, or upon sale of the building so used, or upon the owner no longer continuously occupying and operating the business, whichever shall sooner occur.

Editor’s Note: The Bulk and Use Tables, listed in §§ 300-92 through 300-101, are included at the end of this chapter.