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City attorney warns commissioners not to discuss Amazon site plan; residents press concerns at meeting
Summary
The City of Sunrise’s city attorney advised commissioners not to comment on an Amazon site-plan application that is under staff review; residents turned out to raise traffic, noise and pollution concerns and were told staff can collect contact information and answer technical questions until a formal quasi‑judicial hearing is scheduled.
City Attorney Thomas Moss advised the City of Sunrise commission on procedure and legal limits related to a proposed Amazon site‑plan application on the record at the start of the Oct. 21 meeting, telling commissioners they must not express views on the application until evidence is presented in a formal hearing.
Moss told the commission that the Amazon application is a quasi‑judicial matter currently under staff review and will go next to the planning and zoning board before any public hearing before the commission. “In a quasi‑judicial hearing … the city commission must base its decision only on the evidence presented at the public hearing,” Moss said, adding that commissioners must “remain unbiased and impartial” and that statements…
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