Council extends moratorium on new hotel projects while planning board considers zoning changes
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.
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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.
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