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Council reauthorizes extended-stay lodging at 11–13 Gibbon Street after public‑hearing technicality
Summary
The Winchester City Council approved a conditional-use permit to reauthorize extended-stay lodging at 11–13 Gibbon Street after rescinding an initial roll-call vote to open the required public hearing. Planning staff said the use was previously approved in 2019 and had expired in January 2024.
The Winchester City Council voted to approve a conditional-use permit for extended-stay lodging at 11–13 Gibbon Street (CUP 24-806) following a brief procedural correction to open a public hearing.
Planning staff presented the request as a reapproval of an extended-stay lodging use that the council first approved in 2019 and that expired in January 2024. "This request for a conditional use permit for extended stay lodging is a reapproval request. It was previously approved in 2019 with a 5 year expiration date," said David Stewart, planning staff member. Stewart said the small lot is in a CM-1 (Commercial-Industrial) zoning district and that the extended-stay lodging classification was the closest available use for the undersized parcel. He said staff and the planning commission recommended conditions similar to the 2019 approval, with minor tweaks.
Council members initially voted before the public hearing was opened; the council rescinded that vote and then opened the public hearing. No members of the public spoke on the Gibbon Street item during the hearing. After closing the hearing, councilor motioned to approve the CUP and a roll-call vote recorded unanimous approval by the members voting: Councilor Bell — yes; Councilor Fox — yes; Councilor Hertzberg — yes; Councilor Newcomb — yes; Councilor Saloam — yes; Councilor Tynesi — yes; Mayor Les Beach — yes; Councilor Windle — yes; Council President Sullivan — yes. The transcript records nine affirmative votes.
The staff report notes the property contains two two‑bedroom units and sits in an area identified for redevelopment; the neighborhood design district that appears elsewhere on the agenda could, if later applied to the site, change the zoning framework and remove the need for a CUP in the future. Stewart said that possibility would be addressed if the neighborhood design district zoning and subsequent rezoning are completed.
The approval reinstates the extended-stay lodging use under conditions recommended by staff and the planning commission. The motion did not record any amendments. The council did not provide an explicit legal-threshold statement in the transcript; the roll call indicates the measure passed.
The council took no additional action on the site at this meeting and indicated future changes to the property’s status would follow the neighborhood design district zoning and any subsequent rezoning processes.
