An agonized and torn Ouray City Council approved a major expansion of the Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs on Tuesday, looking past a host of objections raised by citizens and concluding there are enough benefits and protections for the city built into the project to set aside their own concerns.

At the end of a four-hour meeting, councilors voted 3-1 to approve the largest planned unit development application in the city’s history. Councilor Ethan Funk cast the dissenting vote. Mayor Pam ...