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Orange Beach council approves AC Hotel PUD after public hearing, council questions on parking and rooftop bar
Summary
After a public hearing and council questions about parking, noise and deviations from off-site parking rules, the Orange Beach City Council voted unanimously to adopt an amendment to Ordinance No. 172 to allow the 100-room AC Hotel PUD on the former Romar Beach Baptist Church site.
The Orange Beach City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 16 to adopt an amendment to Ordinance No. 172 allowing a planned unit development for an AC Hotel on the former Romar Beach Baptist Church site.
City staff presented the project during a public hearing, describing a 1.8-acre redevelopment that would convert the church building and construct additions to create a six-story, 100-room hotel. "They're seeking to convert the, old church building into a hotel," city staff member Betty Griffin said during the presentation, noting the site had received prior approvals in 2021 and 2023 and that the hotel would include an on-site rooftop bar for hotel guests only.
Griffin detailed the site's layout and parking plans, saying the project proposes 129 parking spaces total — 112 on-site and 17 off-site — where the zoning code would…
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