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ORDINANCE 19-1527
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA,
<br />AMENDING THE CITY UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS,
<br />CHAPTER II, DISTRICT AND GENERAL REGULATIONS, ARTICLE VII,
<br />GENERAL REGULATIONS, ADDING SECTION 2-7.37, HOTELS,
<br />MOTELS, AND TRANSIENT LODGING, TO ADD LODGING STANDARDS,
<br />AND AMENDING CHAPTER V, GLOSSARY, ARTICLE XXI, LANGUAGE
<br />AND DEFINITIONS, SECTION 5-21.2, DEFINITION OF TERMS, ADDING
<br />AND AMENDING DEFINITIONS FOR LODGING TYPES; PROVIDING
<br />FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN
<br />EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry, Florida, (City) desires to encourage and to
<br />accommodate well-built and well-maintained quality lodging in the form of hotels, motels, and
<br />transient lodging types; and
<br />WHEREAS, to address lodging land use types and standards within the hospitality industry
<br />pertaining to existing definitions in the City's Code of Ordinances, the City is creating Section 2-
<br />7.37 of the Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) for hotels, motels, and transient
<br />lodging; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City's defined lodging types within Section 5-21.2 of the ULDR shall be
<br />amended through this Ordinance for existing and proposed hospitality lodging types and new
<br />definitions will be included in Section 5-21.2 of the ULDR; and
<br />WHEREAS, the proposed creation of Section 2-7.37 and amendments to Section 5-21.2 of
<br />the ULDR shall provide proper land use, zoning, transportation, and utility provisions for the
<br />redevelopment of existing facilities and construction of new lodging types; and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 2-7.37 of the ULDR will provide land use standards for hospitality
<br />lodging, upon adoption of this Ordinance; and
<br />WHEREAS, the amendments to Section 5-21.2 of the ULDR include an updated definition
<br />for hotels, motels, and transient lodging facilities and associated terms; and
<br />WHEREAS, research indicates that certain extended stay lodging types result in higher
<br />public safety responses that causes increased resource allocation of public safety personnel and
<br />public fund expenditures responding to incidents, and responses are needed to ensure adequate
<br />protection of lodging occupants, City residents, and the public; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Casselberry City Commission finds that the proposed amendments will lead
<br />to the appropriate location of lodging facilities within applicable zoning districts, protects the public
<br />health, safety, and welfare, and serve as a legitimate governmental interest in preserving quality -of -
<br />life within the City of Casselberry; and
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