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Ordinance to amend Sections 12.19 Off-Street Parking, Loading and Other Site Improvement Regulations, 12.30 RE-1 Residential Estate District, 12.31 RA-1 Residence District, 12.36 RB-2 Residence District, 12.37 RC-1 Residence District, 12.40 C-1 Central Business District, and 12.41 C-2 Neighborhood Commercial District of the Revised Municipal Code relative to short term rental uses and updating definitions within Section 12.06.
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Subsection 12.06 of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to remove the existing definitions of “Hotel,” “Motel/Hotel,” and “Tourist Home.”
PART II. Subsection 12.06 of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
Definitions.
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Bed and Breakfast. Any place of lodging that provides eight (8) or fewer rooms for rent to no more than a total of twenty (20) tourists or other transients, is the owner’s personal residence, is occupied by the owner at time of rental, and in which the only meal served to guests is breakfast.
Hotel/Motel. A place, other than a bed and breakfast or tourist rooming house, where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transients, in five (5) or more rooms, and all related rooms, building and areas.
Short-Term Rental. A residential dwelling that is offered for rent for a fee and for fewer than 29 consecutive days.
Tourist Rooming House. All lodging places, other than hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts, in which sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to tourist or transients. A tourist rooming house is a type of short-term rental.
PART III. Subsection 12.19(7)(a)(20) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
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(20) Hotels, Motels, Bed and Breakfast, Tourist Rooming House, and Rooming Houses
PART IV. Subsection 12.30(1)(c) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
(1) Permitted Uses.
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(c) Tourist Rooming House
PART V. Subsection 12.31(1)(c) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
(1) Permitted Uses.
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(c) Tourist Rooming House
PART VI. Subsection 12.31(3)(c) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
(3) Special Uses.
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(i) Bed and Breakfast
PART VII. Subsection 12.36(1)(c) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
(1) Permitted Uses.
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(c) Tourist Rooming House, conditioned upon the following:
1. The structure is a single or two-family residence, or a multi-family containing not more than 4 dwelling units.
PART VIII. Subsection 12.37(1)(d) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
(1) Permitted Uses.
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(d) Tourist Rooming House, conditioned upon the following:
1. The structure is a single or two-family residence, or a mixed-use or multi-family containing not more than 4 dwelling units.
PART IX. Subsection 12.40(1)(uu) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
(1) Permitted Uses.
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(uu) Tourist Rooming House, conditioned upon the following:
1. The structure is a single or two-family residence, or a mixed-use or multi-family containing not more than 4 dwelling units.
PART X. Subsection 12.41(1)(rr) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
(1) Permitted Uses.
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(rr) Tourist Rooming House, conditioned upon the following:
1. The structure is a single or two-family residence, or a mixed-use or multi-family containing not more than 4 dwelling units.
PART XI. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
PART XII. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.
cc: Department of Development
Health Department
Building Inspections and Neighborhood Services
City Attorney’s Office
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