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Council narrows commercial‑to‑residential conversion pathway, instructs staff to introduce revised ordinance
Summary
Council reviewed two options to streamline conversions of commercial buildings to housing and directed introduction of an ordinance that creates a ministerial pathway for adaptive reuse but excludes hotel/motel conversions from the streamlined process.
Council members reviewed a proposed zone text amendment intended to simplify conversion of existing commercial buildings into housing as part of the city’s housing element implementation. Staff presented two options: Option 1 (includes hotel/motel conversions in the ministerial pathway) and Option 2 (excludes hotels/motels and requires discretionary review in those cases).
Public comment and labor representatives urged caution about making hotel conversions ministerial, citing…
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