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Planning board directs staff to draft pari-mutuel card-room ordinance with radius distance measurement
Summary
After discussion of zoning and distance rules, the Escambia County Planning Board asked staff to return with a revised draft ordinance that measures required separation for pari-mutuel card rooms by property-line radius rather than pedestrian walking distance.
At a Feb. 4 meeting the Escambia County Planning Board reviewed draft language to add pari-mutuel card rooms as a permitted use in the heavy commercial/light industrial (HCLI) zoning category and directed staff to return with a revision measuring required separation by radius from property boundary to property boundary.
Chris Shea, attorney for the county, presented a draft ordinance that would add pari-mutuel (card-room) uses to HCLI and define key terms consistent with state statute. The draft also proposed supplemental…
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