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Council extends moratorium on new hotel projects while planning board considers zoning changes
Summary
The City Council extended a 180-day moratorium on new hotel projects to give the planning board time to propose revisions to the hotel inclusionary zoning rules. Supporters said the extension allows crafting better affordable-housing requirements for hotel developments; opponents called the move political and said it delays housing.
The Portland City Council voted to extend a 180-day moratorium on new hotel projects, citing concerns that the city’s current hotel inclusionary-zoning rules do not adequately address affordability for hotel workers and that the planning board needs more time to make recommended changes.
Councilor Ali, sponsor of the extension, said the moratorium — originally enacted the previous November and…
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