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Planning Commission approves zoning text change to exempt auto‑dealer display areas from interior‑landscaping rule
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to remove a 10x24 per‑vehicle spacing requirement for dealerships and to exempt vehicle display areas from interior‑lot landscaping requirements in the Land Development Regulations, subject to limiting the exemption to display areas only.
The Galveston Planning Commission unanimously approved a staff‑sponsored text amendment to the Land Development Regulations that removes a per‑vehicle spacing standard for automobile dealerships and exempts display areas for vehicles offered for sale from interior‑lot landscaping requirements.
Planning staff explained the existing regulation required a 10‑by‑24‑foot space allocation per vehicle at dealerships — larger than typical parking‑lot dimensions — and said staff found no public benefit to…
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