[sonnyblarney]

Zoning.

[behringer]

You wouldn't mind if your next door neighbor was a seedy roach motel or a 10 story holiday inn? Somehow I doubt it.

[sonnyblarney]

10 story holiday inns are very professionally run, they have security etc.

Why do you think a hotel would be worse quality than residential?

I live in a mixed neighbourhood and many of my neighbours are already roach motels.

Franky, in all my travels I've never come across the proverbial roach motel, or anything totally run down.

My concern would not be the business or people - just parking. As long as there isn't a big parking lot, there's no reason why I couldn't be next to a short term residential unit, I don't think many people would have any problems at all.

[behringer]

So you want to regulate parking lots but not commercial and residential zoning? Makes sense.

[sonnyblarney]

I didn't say 'commercial' I said 'hotels'.

There's nary a difference between a hotel of a certain type, and residences. There are people living there.

'Parking lots' are massively different than any other kinds of space.

As long as the hotel fits the local aesthetic, i.e. only 5 stories high if the other buildings are, 1 story high if the others are ... then there's nothing wrong with them at all.

[behringer]

What about hotels with restaurants in them? Where shall the regulation start and stop?

[sonnyblarney]

'Where shall the regulation start and stop?"

Those decisions already have to be made. 'Regulations' already have to start and stop somewhere.

There are restaurants all up and down my street and people seem to get along fine.