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City Council approves commercial truck parking permit at Alameda site after tie-breaking vote
Summary
The council approved a conditional use permit and a variance to allow commercial truck parking at 10950 Alameda Avenue, despite staff recommending denial and council concerns about a nearby bridge and emergency access. Planning and Zoning had endorsed the requests.
Socorro City Council on Tuesday approved a conditional use permit and a variance to allow commercial truck parking at 10950 Alameda Avenue, voting to overturn staff’s recommendation after the Planning and Zoning Commission had approved the requests earlier.
Lorraine Quimito, senior city planner, told the council the 4.36-acre property in C-2 general commercial zoning would provide about 40 commercial vehicle spaces and that the city’s future land use map recommends neighborhood commercial for the area. Quimito said staff had recommended denial; the Planning and Zoning Commission voted…
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