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Tuscaloosa zoning board approves special exception for birthing suite at 3073 Palisades Court
Summary
The Tuscaloosa City Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a special exception to allow a one‑patient birthing suite and medical clinic at 3073 Palisades Court, after staff presentation and testimony by Robin Marty of WAWC Healthcare. The suite will not provide epidurals and is limited by the applicant’s malpractice insurance to about 25 births per year.
The Tuscaloosa City Zoning Board of Adjustment on Dec. 17 approved a special exception allowing a medical clinic with a small birthing suite at 3073 Palisades Court in Council District 6.
Robin Marty, executive director of WAWC Healthcare, said the second‑floor suite is intended for planned, low‑risk births, will accommodate a single patient at a time and be staffed by two to three people — typically a midwife, doula and possibly a medical assistant. "No epidural or pain relief will be administered," Marty said, and any patient requiring more than six hours of care or advanced medical intervention would be…
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