What is a motel?
To qualify for motel/hotel incentives and liberalized zoning, a building and its operation must meet all the following qualifications: 1. They shall offer hotel/motel services to the general public; 2. They rent only transient lodging in the form of motel and hotel rooms to the general public without leases for one or more days but not exceeding 120 days; 3. They shall maintain a front desk to serve guests and the public; 4. They shall provide maid service and other room amenities including lines and towers in a manner expected from the traveling public reserving hotel and motel rooms; 5. They shall employ a manger and/or desk staff meeting the requirements of state lodging laws and state swimming pool regulations to provide those services expected at hotels and motels; 6. They shall advertise in appropriate media promoting the property to the general public as a motel or hotel offering motel-like services, and; 7. They shall pay sales and use tax, tourism tax, and tourism fees on reve
