Has hotel in lean urban area (8)
I believe the answer is:
township
'urban area' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'has hotel in lean' is the wordplay.
'has' becomes 'owns' ('own' can be a synonym of 'have'**).
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'lean' becomes 'tip' ('tip' can be a synonym of 'lean').
'owns'+'h'='ownsh'
'ownsh' going into 'tip' is 'TOWNSHIP'.
(Other definitions for township that I've seen before include "Poor suburb (South Africa) - county division (US) - part of parish (England)" , "Old manor" , "farm in Scotland (shared with other tenants)" , "Small community" , "Settlement" .)