BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER

OPELIKA — The Bed & Breakfast debate is still ongoing in the city of Opelika. During Tuesday night’s city council meeting, the council held public hearings on two different versions of a text amendment to the existing ordinance with one version being more restrictive and the second being less restrictive in nature. One of the key differences between the two is the requirement of facilities being owner-occupied in the more restrictive version and the allowance of operation by the owner or an operator or innkeeper/manager. The more restrictive version reads, “Bed and Breakfast uses shall only be permitted for owner-occupied residential units. The owner shall be available and on-call within Lee County at all times during any guest occupancy.” The least restrictive v

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