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Selma council waives $4,500 conditional-use permit fee so downtown retailer can proceed to planning commission
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously to waive a $4,500 conditional-use permit (CUP) application fee for a downtown clothing retailer and directed staff to forward the application to the June Planning Commission public hearing.
Isabelle Vargas, a downtown Selma business owner, addressed the City Council on June 3 seeking a waiver of a $4,500 conditional-use permit application fee so she could open a thrift and vintage clothing store at 1971 High Street. The council approved an emergency motion to add the matter to the agenda and unanimously voted to waive the fee and route the CUP to the Planning Commission for its required public hearing.
The request came during oral communications. Isabelle Vargas told the council she had already paid the $300 business license fee but could not afford the $4,500 CUP fee, which she described as a “little stretch”…
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