As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected unless as otherwise provided in this chapter, except for use as a motel or hotel and related service use.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the following related service uses may be permitted only in conjunction with the motel-hotel use and when contained in the primary structure and when approved by the Town Board:

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, no structure shall be erected or altered on a lot having an area of less than three acres.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, there shall be provided 1,500 square feet of land area for each lodging unit. The area devoted to the related service uses, including the parking and loading requirements for same, shall be excluded from the calculation for the lodging unit density.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, off-street parking area requirements shall be in conformity with those requirements under Article XXIII, Off-Street Parking and Loading, provided that no parking or loading areas shall be located within 25 feet of a street nor within 25 feet of a residentially zoned district or use.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, no building or structure hereafter erected or altered shall be more than three stories above average ground level, nor exceed 35 feet in height unless expressly permitted by the Town Board and subject to any covenants and restrictions the Town Board may place on the parcel.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the minimum street frontage shall be 200 feet.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the required front yard depth shall be not less than 75 feet.

In M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District there shall be a rear yard having a minimum depth of 50 feet. The rear yard may be used for the purpose of off-street parking and loading space, provided that it conforms to § 213-150.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, there shall be two side yards; and no one side yard shall be less than 40 feet.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, the minimum floor area for each lodging unit shall not be less than 250 square feet.

All accessory structures shall be prohibited unless otherwise approved by the Town Board and subject to Planning Board specifications during site plan review.

In an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel District, all areas of the site a except for the building areas and paved areas shall be planted with grass and shrubs, trees, screening, sprinkler systems and bermed in conformance with a landscape plan approved by the Department of Planning and Development and Planning Board during the site plan review. Such landscaped areas shall be regularly maintained so as to assure the viability of all required plant material and the lack of such maintenance shall constitute a violation of this article. All parking areas that are visible from the front property line, as determined by the Planning Board, shall be concealed from the street by an earthen landscaped berm with a number of dense trees and/or shrubs planted along the berm in much a manner as to screen parked vehicles as seen from the front property line. The landscaping and construction of the berm shall be approved by the Planning Board.

A motel-hotel may be altered or reconstructed only by special permission of the Town Board.

Individual lodging units may not have cooking facilities.

A fire protection system which shall include a sprinkler system, smoke detectors and self-activated public address and alarm systems shall be required and approved by the Town Board.

All walls of buildings shall be finished with face brick, stone, modern metal paneling, wood, glass, precast concrete finished with an attractive surface or their equivalent. No unpainted or unfinished metal or galvanized metal sidings shall be permitted for any exterior walls or roofs. All building exteriors, including but not limited to precast concrete, tilt-up concrete, metal or wood partitions, shall be painted in a color approved by the Planning Board and Architectural Review Board as indicated on the required rendering of the building. Preengineered buildings are prohibited unless the building exterior is finished with face brick, stone, modern metal paneling, wood, glass, precast concrete finished with an attractive surface or their equivalent.

Each applicant will be required to prepare an environmental assessment [similar to that required by the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)] and file this assessment with the Planning Board, and it shall accompany the site plan application.

Wherever an M-H Planned Motel-Hotel zoned parcel shall abut upon a residential zoned parcel or any parcel used for residential purposes (except for cemeteries), there shall be a buffer strip five feet wide erected, planted and thereafter maintained on the plot pursuant to Planning Board requirements, unless the Planning Board shall require a greater or larger buffer strip.