Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Zoning committee strips screening requirement from bill defining automobile sales and service
Summary
The Saipan Zoning Committee voted to remove a proposed screening (fence/vegetation) requirement from House Local Bill 24-5, preserving a new definition for automobile sales and service but deleting language that would have required businesses adjacent to certain zones to install visual/operational screening.
At a July meeting of the Zoning Committee of the Commonwealth Legislature in Saipan, members voted to amend House Local Bill 24-5 to remove a proposed screening requirement for automobile sales and service businesses and to pass the bill in its amended form.
The bill, as amended, will add a definition of “automobile sales and service” to the Saipan zoning law but no longer includes the provision that businesses adjacent to residential, village commercial, rural mixed commercial or beach road zoning districts must be screened by vegetation or fencing.
The change followed public comment from local dealerships and the Saipan Chamber of Commerce. Jose Mafnes Jr., corporate counsel for…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
