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Committee proposes treating extended-stay hotels as multifamily for zoning to close perceived loophole
Summary
Planners recommended adding extended-stay and residential hotels to the multifamily zoning district to prevent extended-stay properties from operating as de facto apartments; committee asked staff to draft specific code language and return revisions.
Scott (committee member) briefed the Development Committee on proposed zoning changes to address extended-stay hotels that the city staff observed functioning as apartment units under the current code. He recommended treating extended-stay and residential hotels as multifamily uses so they would be regulated under multifamily standards for unit size, parking and setbacks.
"If they were going to be apartments, we should essentially treat them as apartments," Scott said, explaining the recommendation to add…
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