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Escambia County planning board backs ordinance to authorize pari‑mutuel card rooms in HCLI zone, adopts radius measurement near schools
Summary
The Escambia County Planning Board voted to recommend approval of an ordinance that would identify state pari‑mutuel card rooms as an authorized use in the HCLI (Commercial and Light Industrial) district and replace the prior distance measurement with a radius-based buffer intended to address proximity to schools.
The Escambia County Planning Board voted to recommend approval of an ordinance to identify state pari‑mutuel card rooms as an authorized use of the HCLI (Commercial and Light Industrial) zoning district and to change how proximity to schools is measured.
Mister Shaffer, planning department staff, described the item as “a public hearing concerning the review of the ordinance, to identify state lisonbee, pari mutuel card rooms as an authorized use of the HCLI Commercial And Light Industrial District previously discussed.” The board then discussed a change requested after input from the school board on how to measure distance from schools.
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