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Brook Park mayor proposes ordinance to curb commercial loading on city streets
Summary
Mayor Orcutt introduced an amendment to Section 351.13 to prohibit businesses from using public streets as substitute loading zones where on‑site commercial loading exists, add a written‑permit process for temporary exceptions, and give police authority to enforce the restriction. Council moved the measure to the Oct. 21 meeting for first reading,
Mayor Robert Orcutt introduced an ordinance to amend Section 351.13 of the city code to restrict the use of public rights‑of‑way as substitute loading zones by businesses and to create a written‑permission process for limited exceptions.
The amendment adds a new paragraph (c) forbidding businesses in nonresidential districts from using public streets, rights‑of‑way or other public places as substitute loading zones if the business "provides designated commercial parking or loading areas on its premises," except where the city issues written permission. Paragraph (d) would allow the city to grant temporary, limited or conditional permission after…
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