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Committee votes unfavorably on special-exception for vehicle rental at Sherman/Sherman corridor, citing alley and right-of-way concerns
Summary
A petition to allow vehicle rental at a neighborhood center parcel drew mixed public testimony and staff concerns over alley access and public-right-of-way logistics; the committee voted 4–1 to forward the petition with an unfavorable recommendation.
A petition to allow vehicle rental (U-Haul-style short-term truck rental) at two adjacent parcels in a neighborhood-center district drew testimony from the property owner and detailed questions from committee members about alley access, right-of-way vacations and the long-term visual impact on the block. The owner said the proposal would be limited in scale (a small number of rental trucks) and argued that reactivating the long-vacant building would bring investment and activity to the corridor.
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