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Council approves Marblehead hotel height change despite residents’ complaints about rooftop bar noise and CEQA gaps
Summary
Council voted 4‑1 to adopt an amendment allowing a hotel height of up to 62 feet (to rooftop) and rooftop dining; residents and attorneys argued the addendum lacked required noise analysis for an outdoor rooftop venue and warned of litigation.
The City Council adopted Ordinance 17‑95 on Oct. 7, amending the Marblehead Coastal Specific Plan to allow a hotel height exception (62 feet to roofline) and rooftop dining despite repeated public concern about noise and CEQA compliance. The ordinance passed 4–1, with Councilmember Zhen Wu the lone dissent.
Scores of residents from the Marblehead neighborhood urged the council to pause the approval and order a new…
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