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Council advances fossil-fuel zoning and city-funding prohibitions to first reading with drafting caveats
Summary
Council moved both an amendment to zoning and a prohibition on city funds for fossil-fuel generation to first reading while administration staff said the ordinances need clearer drafting to avoid unintended bans on routine purchases such as gas for vehicles or airport depots. Dr. Leah Owens of the South Ward Environmental Alliance urged targeting of major polluters defined by NJDEP thresholds.
The municipal clerk presented two pending ordinances to amend zoning and land-use rules governing major fossil-fuel facilities and to prohibit the use of city funds for fossil-fuel generation.
Council members raised practical questions about scope and language. One council member asked whether the phrase “use of city funds for fossil fuel” could be read to ban ordinary purchases such as gasoline at retail stations…
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