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Residents and environmental groups oppose rezoning to allow vehicle‑recycling and open storage in wellhead protection area
Summary
An applicant sought a planned development zoning to formalize vehicle recycling and open storage uses on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. County environmental staff ultimately did not object subject to conditions, but Sierra Club, residents and other neighbors urged denial citing wellhead protection policies and prior code enforcement history.
An application to rezone four parcels along E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to a planned development to formally permit vehicle recycling and open storage prompted sustained opposition March 24 from neighbors, conservation groups and county reviewers.
The applicant said the vehicle recycling operation and adjacent open storage have operated on portions of the property for decades and presented documentation that county environmental reviewers had inspected the site and certified “green yard” best practices. “The vehicle recycling portion of the property was legal operating from prior to zoning conformance,” Isabella Albert, a certified planner for the applicant, told the hearing master.
Opponents countered that the site is inside a…
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