POLITICS

City Council schedules Fane tower override vote

Madeleine List
mlist@providencejournal.com
Artist rendering of proposed Hope Point Tower.

PROVIDENCE — City Council members will hold a special meeting on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. to vote on overriding Mayor Jorge Elorza’s veto of a zoning change that would allow a controversial 46-story luxury apartment tower to be built downtown.

Elorza last week vetoed the change to the zoning ordinance after it was approved by the City Council.

The change to the zoning ordinance would allow developers of the Hope Point Tower to surpass the local 100-foot height restriction sixfold. Nine council members voted in favor of the change to the zoning ordinance, five voted against and one abstained.

The mayor vetoed the change in part because the developer would not guarantee that the city would have final approval over the tower’s design.

The City Council needs 10 votes in order to override the veto.