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Biloxi council sends methadone clinic complaints to planning commission after residents urge revocation
Summary
The Biloxi City Council voted 6–1 to direct the planning commission to hold a public hearing to consider revoking the conditional-use permit for the New Seasons methadone clinic in the Broadwater area after residents and business owners raised repeated complaints about parking, loitering and property conditions.
The Biloxi City Council on Tuesday voted 6–1 to charge the planning commission with holding a public hearing to consider revoking the conditional-use permit for the New Seasons methadone clinic at the Broadwater property.
Councilwoman Dixie Newman moved the action, saying residents want a formal review; Councilmember McGilvray seconded. The directive does not itself revoke the permit but instructs staff and the planning commission to investigate complaints and to hold a public hearing that will lead to a recommendation to council.
Why it matters: Residents and nearby business owners described years of trash, encampments and what they said was an increase in unsafe behavior near the Broadwater property, and they asked the city to use its code-enforcement and conditional-use tools. Petitioners asked for criminal and civil enforcement against Broadwater Development LLP and a formal review of the clinic’s permit.
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