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Council denies special-use permits for clothing collection boxes after public-safety and local-business concerns
Summary
By unanimous roll call, Yucaipa’s City Council voted to deny two special-use permits for 4x4 textile collection boxes proposed at Yucaipa Pointe and the Vaughn’s center after residents, a code-enforcement officer and some council members raised concerns about litter, vagrancy and impacts on local thrift businesses.
Yucaipa — The Yucaipa City Council on Sept. 22 denied two special-use permits for freestanding clothing collection boxes proposed at Yucaipa Pointe and at the Vaughn’s shopping center, citing concerns from businesses, code enforcement and public commenters about litter, transient activity and the effect on local nonprofit and for‑profit resale businesses.
Developer Tom Robinson and a company representative had sought approval for two 4-foot-by-4-foot, lockable textile-donation bins to be sited so they would be less visible from the main boulevard and to provide signage and a maintenance schedule. Robinson told the council the bins would divert textiles from landfills and that his property management team would monitor the sites.
But public commenters and staff said they had…
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