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Committee endorses interim zoning controls for parcel-delivery facilities, sends measure to full Board
Summary
After extensive public comment from labor, environmental groups and neighbors, the committee voted to forward an 18-month interim zoning control requiring conditional-use review of parcel-delivery (last-mile) facilities, citing traffic, emissions and labor concerns; the committee voted 3-0 to recommend the measure to the full Board.
The Land & Transportation Committee on March 21 voted to forward interim zoning controls that would impose an 18-month moratorium-style framework requiring conditional-use authorization and specified findings for proposed parcel-delivery facilities, commonly known as last-mile distribution centers.
President Walton, the legislation’s sponsor, said the measure is intended to ensure community review of large parcel-delivery operations and to protect neighborhoods from increased pollution, traffic and low-wage job…
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