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Committee sends plan to remove council from auto special-permit decisions to full City Council after debate
Summary
The Committee on Ordinances for the City of New Bedford referred a proposal to remove the City Council as the granting authority for automotive special permits to the full City Council after roughly an hour of presentations and debate.
The Committee on Ordinances for the City of New Bedford referred a proposal to remove the City Council as the granting authority for automotive special permits to the full City Council after roughly an hour of presentations and debate.
Clerk Dennis Farias opened the discussion by describing the existing process: when the building or zoning commissioner identifies an application that triggers a special permit the applicant files an application (an initial fee “anywhere from a $700 to $900” depending on parcel size), the matter proceeds through appointments and briefings to a full council vote, goes to the mayor (who has 10 days to sign), then…
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