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Council remands hotel‑to‑housing text amendment to Planning Commission after public debate
Summary
An applicant-proposed text amendment to allow hotel and motel conversions into multifamily housing was sent back to the Planning Commission for further review after public comment and discussion. Planning Commission had recommended denial; council voted 4–3 to remand the proposal for additional work with staff and the applicant.
Hilton Head Island’s Town Council on Feb. 4 remanded a proposed text amendment that would allow adaptive reuse conversions of existing hotels and motels into multifamily housing back to the Planning Commission for further review and revisions.
The application, submitted by Blue Hour Housing and presented by applicant representative Chris Breen, proposed a stand‑alone LMO section to allow conversion of existing hotel guest rooms to dwelling units on a one‑to‑one basis in specified zoning districts and to set minimum unit sizes (micro efficiency, studio, one‑, two‑ and three‑bedroom sizes). The proposal included a 1:1 guest‑room…
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