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Champion Great Neighborhoods

Goal 1: Foster Healthy and Attractive Neighborhoods
Objective 1: Gain Compliance of Property Maintenance, Health, and Animal Codes
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
CGN Unified Development Code (UDC) Project Completion Planning & Development Services
1.1.3 Amendment: Hotels in the APO
Summary:
Milestone Estimated Actual
In reviewing the 2019 Hotel Standards Amendment and Completion Completion
the unique hotel needs in and around the Arlington P&Z Public Hearing 01/17/2024 01/17/2024
Airport, an additional hotel option may be warranted to CC Continuation 02/13/2024 02/13/2024
meet the needs of current and future aviation travelers. To CC First Reading 03/26/2024 03/26/2024
allow additional hotel options and encourage reinvestment CC Second Reading 04/09/2024 04/09/2024
in the hotels in the APO, a text amendment is proposed for
inclusion into the Supplemental Use Standards for hotels. Update:
On April 9, 2024, City Council approved the final reading of
On September 26, 2023, staff presented an Informal Staff the amendment by a vote of 9-0-0. The project was
Report (ISR) to City Council providing information related completed in the 3 Quarter.
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to hotel standards and the associated approval process in
the Unified Development Code (UDC).

On November 7, 2023, staff gave a presentation on Hotels
Standards: Analysis and Options at City Council work
session as a follow-up to the September 26, 2023 ISR. Staff
presented options for possible UDC amendments.

On December 12, 2023, staff presented an option for
hotels in the Airport Overlay (APO), in conjunction with an
update on Arlington hotels from the Arlington Convention
and Visitors Bureau (CVB), at City Council work session.
Here City Council directed staff to take the proposed APO
option through the public hearing process.

On December 20, 2024, staff presented the proposed
additional standard for hotels in the APO at Planning and
Zoning Commission work session.

If approved, the amendment proposed will provide a
tailored option for hotels in the Airport Overlay and will
allow Upper Midscale hotels by Specific Use Permit (SUP)
only, provided the hotel has additional amenities or
features, which must include:
• All rooms (suites) shall have a defined living area
separate from the bedroom and with kitchenette
type facilities.
• In-room workspaces shall be provided in each
suite.
• On-site meeting rooms and business centers shall
be provided on-site; and
• Indoor pools and fitness centers shall be provided
on-site.

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