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Board recommends special‑use permit for pallet recycling business with quarterly fire inspections and compliance conditions

5681280 · August 27, 2025
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Summary

After significant public comment about dust and fire risk, the board recommended that City Council approve a special‑use permit for a pallet‑recycling operation at 201 S. Cedar with conditions including building/fire code compliance, quarterly fire inspections and notification of ownership changes.

The Planning and Zoning Board recommended City Council approve a special‑use permit allowing pallet recycling at 201 South Cedar Avenue, subject to multiple compliance conditions and quarterly inspections by the Valley Center Fire Department.

Staff said the operation had already begun on the site and that city building and fire inspectors had identified items that must be corrected. Staff recommended approval of SU202501 contingent on the facility coming into compliance with building, fire and zoning regulations; staff also proposed that the fire department perform quarterly safety inspections and that the zoning administrator be…

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