Maybe you should look into why the Town of Bar Harbor didn’t address that. Your problem isn’t with the B&B owners. It’s with the town. Direct your anger in the proper direction.
Could it be that the owners want the public to know that it really isn't a Bed & Breakfast...they were just kidding. Word on the street has it that the Walmart planned for Main Street is going to be called "The Country Store."
Or, could it be that it is extremely commonplace that a property's DBA name and/or marketing verbiage doesn't line up with the Town's LUO use code titles? Per the assessor's database:
1) Queen Anne's Revenge - "Boutique Inn" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
2) Little Fig Hotel - "Hotel" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
3) Ivy Manor Inn - per their website, "Ivy Manor Inn is an inn, not a bed and breakfast" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
4) Dog & Pony Tavern - "Tavern" - use code RESTAURANT
5) Cottage Street Pub - "Pub" - use code RESTAURANT
6) Balance Rock Inn - per their website, "Bar Harbor, Maine’s premier boutique hotel" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
Nowhere in the Bar Harbor Land Use Ordinance does it say that a property's DBA name and/or marketing verbiage needs to match the title of the LUO's use definition. A Restaurant use can be a pub or a bar or a tavern. A Bed & Breakfast can be a Hotel, or vice versa. There are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of examples all over Bar Harbor.
I'm sorry you don't like our project, but the fact you don't like it does not make it controversial. 77 Cottage Street meets the definition of a Bed & Breakfast V use per the LUO. It is called a hotel. A Bed & Breakfast V use has, since 2010, allowed lodging facilities, including new construction, with no size or room limit, serving unlimited meals to the public. That's a hotel with a restaurant. So we followed the rules, legally obtained a permit for a BED & BREAKFAST V use, and called it a hotel. End of story.
Note: 77 Cottage Street is located in Downtown Village 2. Hotel is an allowed use in Downtown Village 2. Whether we chose a B&BV or a Hotel use, a permit would've been issued and this project would've been built. We recognized we had a choice and chose to submit and obtain the permit B&BV.
Note #2: The Wal-Mart on Main Street would not be called a "Country Store" for Land Use purposes because there is no "Country Store" use in the LUO. It would be called "Retail." However, I doubt the sign would say "Wal-Mart Retail"; I think it would more likely say "Wal-Mart Supercenter."
Note #3: Should the "Acadia Country Store" at 128 Main Street be required to change its name to "Acadia Retail" in order for its DBA name to match the title of its LUO use definition? Or does this only matter at 77 Cottage Street because you don't like our project?
They should look into why the BnB at 77 Cottage St. calls itself a "hotel".
Maybe you should look into why the Town of Bar Harbor didn’t address that. Your problem isn’t with the B&B owners. It’s with the town. Direct your anger in the proper direction.
Could it be that the owners want the public to know that it really isn't a Bed & Breakfast...they were just kidding. Word on the street has it that the Walmart planned for Main Street is going to be called "The Country Store."
Or, could it be that it is extremely commonplace that a property's DBA name and/or marketing verbiage doesn't line up with the Town's LUO use code titles? Per the assessor's database:
1) Queen Anne's Revenge - "Boutique Inn" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
2) Little Fig Hotel - "Hotel" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
3) Ivy Manor Inn - per their website, "Ivy Manor Inn is an inn, not a bed and breakfast" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
4) Dog & Pony Tavern - "Tavern" - use code RESTAURANT
5) Cottage Street Pub - "Pub" - use code RESTAURANT
6) Balance Rock Inn - per their website, "Bar Harbor, Maine’s premier boutique hotel" - use code BED & BREAKFAST
Nowhere in the Bar Harbor Land Use Ordinance does it say that a property's DBA name and/or marketing verbiage needs to match the title of the LUO's use definition. A Restaurant use can be a pub or a bar or a tavern. A Bed & Breakfast can be a Hotel, or vice versa. There are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of examples all over Bar Harbor.
I'm sorry you don't like our project, but the fact you don't like it does not make it controversial. 77 Cottage Street meets the definition of a Bed & Breakfast V use per the LUO. It is called a hotel. A Bed & Breakfast V use has, since 2010, allowed lodging facilities, including new construction, with no size or room limit, serving unlimited meals to the public. That's a hotel with a restaurant. So we followed the rules, legally obtained a permit for a BED & BREAKFAST V use, and called it a hotel. End of story.
Note: 77 Cottage Street is located in Downtown Village 2. Hotel is an allowed use in Downtown Village 2. Whether we chose a B&BV or a Hotel use, a permit would've been issued and this project would've been built. We recognized we had a choice and chose to submit and obtain the permit B&BV.
Note #2: The Wal-Mart on Main Street would not be called a "Country Store" for Land Use purposes because there is no "Country Store" use in the LUO. It would be called "Retail." However, I doubt the sign would say "Wal-Mart Retail"; I think it would more likely say "Wal-Mart Supercenter."
Note #3: Should the "Acadia Country Store" at 128 Main Street be required to change its name to "Acadia Retail" in order for its DBA name to match the title of its LUO use definition? Or does this only matter at 77 Cottage Street because you don't like our project?
Stop making sense. You’re going to baffle the less intelligent.