The THD Traditional Hotel District is intended for, and restricted to, those areas designated within the Residential High (RH) land use category on the city's Future Land Use Plan Map to which the Resort Facilities Overlay (RFO) has been applied. The purpose of this district is to provide for the redevelopment of properties in areas traditionally utilized for small hotels and motels in a manner consistent with the present character of the surrounding area and which minimizes the negative impacts of such facilities on adjacent and nearby residential properties. This district shall only be established on those lots which lie south of 15th Avenue and for which the owner(s) can demonstrate said lots were utilized as temporary lodging facilities with five or more units as of December 31, 2010, and which were at that time, and have since remained, properly permitted and/or licensed by all applicable regulatory authorities. Such authorities shall include the City of St. Pete Beach, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the Florida Department of Revenue. Any facility which cannot demonstrate that proper license fees and taxes have been paid throughout the required period of operation to the proper licensing or taxing authority, including the State of Florida and Pinellas County, shall not be eligible for application to this district.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 2008-38, § 1, 10-28-08; Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 2-22-11)

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this Code, permitted uses and structures in the Traditional Hotel District are as follows:

(a)

Temporary Lodging Facilities—Density shall not exceed 50 units per acre.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 2-22-11)

(a)

The following accessory uses are permitted in the THD district:

1.

Retail sales, limited to 100 square feet in area. The sales shall be located inside the principal structure and shall not have signage outside the structure advertising such retail goods for sale.

2.

Office space for the administrative use of the accommodation, such as check-in, check-out areas, reservations, and accounting.

3.

Meeting or conference rooms for the use of guests.

4.

Fitness facilities for the use of guests.

(b)

In addition to those commercial accessory structures permitted in 6.12, the following accessory structures are permitted in the THD District:

1.

Garages;

2.

A storage building;

3.

Decks and patios;

4.

Fountains;

5.

Gazebos;

6.

Trellises.

(c)

Temporary structures under the provisions of section 6.11.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 2-22-11)

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this Code, allowable conditional uses in the Traditional Hotel District are as follows:

(a)

Recreational—Public parks and/or recreational facilities.

(b)

Spas.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 2-22-11)

All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein are hereby prohibited in the Traditional Hotel District. Any use which has been determined under the provisions of Chapter 46 of the Code of Ordinances to be potentially noxious, dangerous or offensive to residents of the district or to those who pass by on public roadways or likely for other reasons to be incompatible with the character of the district, is hereby prohibited in the Traditional Hotel District.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08)

The maximum Temporary Lodging density permitted in the Traditional Hotel District shall not exceed 50 units per acre. The minimum lot area and width requirements in the Traditional Hotel District are as follows:

(a)

Lot area: 3,500 square feet. Two or more zoning lots shall not be combined for the purposes of development under this division, nor shall existing zoning lots be subdivided in any way which allows additional separate hotel or motel facilities to be developed.

(b)

Lot width: 50 feet.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 2-22-11)

The minimum yard requirements for principal structures in the Traditional Hotel District are as required in this section. No structures shall be permitted seaward of the city's coastal construction and excavation setback line.

(a)

Front yard: 20 feet.

(b)

Secondary front yard: Ten feet.

(c)

Side yard: Ten percent of the lot width.

(d)

Read yard: 20 feet.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08)

(a)

New construction or any improvements to any buildings within the THD shall not exceed 28 feet in height to the midpoint of a sloped roof or top of the parapet of a flat or low sloped roof (less than 4:12), and measured from the base flood elevation determined under the most restrictive applicable standard for the building site, further provided that the overall roof height shall not exceed 32 feet.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 2011-03, § 2, 5-24-11)

Shall be in accordance with the requirements of division 23 of the Land Development Code, Off Street Parking and Loading.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08; Ord. No. 2008-32, § 1, 8-26-08)

All uses shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of division 22 of the Land Development Code.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08)

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR): 0.65.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, § 1, 1-8-08)

No new structure shall be larger in aggregate square footage than the structures which occupied the site prior to redevelopment, except that the Building Official may allow a 5% increase in the aggregate square footage overall, plus the minimum necessary increases in aggregate square footage in cases where such increases are reasonably necessary to implement current Building Code or other statutory requirements.

(Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 2-22-11)

1)

All unenclosed spas shall provide a solid screening wall or fence at least six feet in height. This requirement shall be waved in instances where an enclosed structure is positioned between the spa and the adjacent private property.

2)

No spa shall be located in such a manner as to be separated from the facility it serves by any public right-of-way.

3)

Any existing facility expanded under this Division which currently has a pool or spa shall not construct a spa unless such existing pool or spa is first removed.

(Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 2-22-11)