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This code section is enacted on the basis of a <br />public policy that supports Portsmouth as a tourist <br />destination Of persons interested in the city's architectural <br />and historic significance. <br /> <br />(B) Use Permit Required: <br /> <br /> (1) A use permit, as provided for in Section 40-67, <br />this code is necessary for the establishment of a bed and <br />breakfast inn in any of the districts where this use is <br />permitted. <br /> <br />of <br /> <br /> (2) A use permit may be issued by the City Council <br />after recommendation by the Planning Commission and a finding <br />that the location, size, design, and operating <br />characteristics of the proposed bed and breakfast inn will be <br />compatible with and will not adversely affect or be <br />materially detrimental to adjacent uses, residents, <br />buildings, structures, or natural resources. <br /> <br />(C) Special Regulations: <br /> <br /> (1) The bed and breakfast inn shall be operated in a <br />primary residential structure and not in any accessory <br />structure. The structure to be used shall have been <br />constructed fifty (50) or more years ago or be of historic <br />significance. If it is not fifty (50) years old or more, it <br />shall be the responsibility of the applicant to establish by <br />convincing proof that the residential structure is of <br />historic significance. <br /> <br /> (2) Two (2) off-street parking spaces for <br />the owner/manager and one (1) off-street space per guest room <br />shall be required. The front yard shall not be used for <br />parking. If parking cannot be provided on the site, it must <br />be provided within 300 feet of the site. <br /> <br />(a) There shall be no parking by guests on the <br />streets. <br /> <br /> (b) The municipal parking areas within the Olde <br />Towne Parking District may be used to satisfy the above <br />requirement with the approval of and the issuance of parking <br />passes by the Portsmouth Parking Authority. <br /> <br /> (c) Ail parking passes provided to the owner of <br />the facility by the Portsmouth Parking Authority shall be <br />accounted for by the owner's keeping of a reco~d which <br />enumerates the date and time the pass was used and by whom it <br />was used. The record book shall be available for inspection <br />by the City at any time. <br /> <br /> <br />