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City Council approves 290‑room Commons hotel after debate over traffic, buffers and stormwater
Summary
After a lengthy quasi‑judicial hearing, the Naples City Council approved a 290‑room hotel site plan in The Commons (25‑SP1) with conditions including traffic improvements, preserved trees and enhanced stormwater measures; the motion passed 5–2.
Naples City Council voted 5–2 on April 15 to approve site plan petition 25‑SP1, clearing the way for a proposed AAM Hotels property in The Commons: an approximately 290‑unit transient lodging development with two levels of structured parking, amenity floors and a linear park.
The petitioner, represented by Francesca Pasadoma and a design team, told council the project relies on long‑standing entitlements from a 1980 development‑of‑regional‑impact and the 1989 annexation and said the hotel “is within all development parameters vested and established by the city code,” adding staff had found the site plan sufficient. Architect Mark McClain described the project as an eight‑story building (two parking levels, multiple amenity levels and hotel floors above) with an…
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