Hotel/Motel Ordinance Hampton City Council July 9, 2014

Slide 2 Purpose  Update on Compliance Inspections and Permitting Process  Status Report on Housing Assistance for Occupants  Recommended Code Revisions to Clarify Definitions and Expand Exceptions

Slide 3 Enforcement  Inspected 26 Hotel/Motels and identified 650 code violations  Summons Issued 9 summonses issued for failure to obtain a permit.  Court dispositions – 7 summonses dismissed because permit obtained prior to trial. 2 summonses evidence found sufficient and owner/operator placed on 1 year probation.  Corrective actions completed 650  Currently the Health Department has issued permits to 26 hotels to operate.

Slide 4 Code Revisions  Defines lodging unit as transient living and sleeping quarters for a person or persons  Defines transient as a period of thirty (30) days or less.  Clarifies exception for extended stay hotels.  Extends length of stay period to no longer than thirty (30) days in a one hundred and eighty (180) day period  Provides exceptions for individuals receiving long term medical treatment at a facility in the city that makes it necessary to stay in the city for a period exceeding 30 days.

Slide 5 Code Revisions  Where there is a written contract between the hotel or motel and a governmental, charitable or insurance agency to house families in crisis who are receiving temporary housing assistance from said governmental, charitable or insurance agency.  Allows up to two rooms to be used for up to two bona-fide employees to reside on premises for a hotel or motel with up to one hundred fifty (150) rooms  Allows up to three rooms to be used for three bonafide employees to reside on premises for any hotel or motel over one hundred fifty (150) rooms.

Slide 6 Housing Assistance  Options Available To Hotel Occupants  Detailed screenings to assess needs for housing and other benefits-identify and eliminate barriers  Assessments to determine level of services needed  Funding for Rapid Re-housing to prevent homelessness  Intervene with landlords to get second chance opportunities for housing

Slide 7 Next Steps  Continue outreach to families and offering available DSS services  Continue code enforcement activities with Health, Police, Fire and Codes  Work with hotel owners to develop transition plans for remaining long-term occupants