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Informal legislative discussion on House Local Bill 24‑5 to define automobile sales and service; no formal action taken
Summary
The legislative zoning committee met in an informal, recorded session to discuss House Local Bill 24‑5, a proposal to add a definition of "automobile sales and service" to the zoning code and require screening for those businesses when they are adjacent to certain zones. The committee could not take formal action because the Office of the Governor's Administration (OGA) notice and agenda were not published in time.
The legislative zoning committee met in an informal, recorded session to discuss House Local Bill 24‑5, a proposal to add a definition of "automobile sales and service" to the zoning code and require screening for those businesses when they are adjacent to village residential, village commercial, rural, mixed commercial or Beach Road zoning districts. The committee could not take formal action because the Office of the Governor's Administration (OGA) notice and agenda were not published in time.
The bill’s author said the proposal seeks "pretty much just [to] define automobile sales and services so that the uses on certain zoning districts allow it," and characterized the measure as aiming to make an otherwise conditional practice a permanent, recognized use in particular zones. The measure also includes a screening requirement that would require ‘‘appropriate vegetation or fencing designed to minimize the business visual noise and operational impacts,’’ according to the draft language read into the record.
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