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Council advances Chapter 50 code updates on clinics, parking and landscaping in first reading
Summary
On first reading council moved forward three Chapter 50 code changes: remove special-use restrictions on methadone/substitution clinics to avoid ADA conflicts; update off-street parking standards and allow the zoning administrator to grant variances; and add a landscaping ordinance requiring native Southwest Virginia plantings for site plans.
The Bristol City Council gave first reading approval Jan. 12 to three proposed amendments to Chapter 50 of the city code addressing controlled-substance substitution clinics, off-street parking requirements, and landscaping standards.
Jay Dietrich outlined the first change: staff recommends removing a section of the code that treated methadone and other controlled-substance substitution clinics as a special-use…
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