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Residents press council on Project Bacara risks and ask for changes to home-occupation rules
Summary
During public comment residents urged Surprise to oppose Project Bacara over air, water and health concerns and asked the council to revise home-occupation rules to allow licensed personal services (nail technicians) to operate from homes with restrictions; the mayor said the county has permitting authority but the city will monitor and share information.
Several residents used the Jan. 20 call to the public to press the Surprise City Council on local development and code issues, most prominently opposition to a proposed industrial project and requests to ease home-occupation restrictions for licensed personal-service professionals.
Roy Dunbar, speaking for a grassroots opposition coalition, asked the council to adopt a unanimous resolution opposing Project Bacara (also referenced in the meeting as Project Pekara in the transcript) and criticized what he described as city hesitancy to publicly oppose the proposal. Dunbar said residents expect the city to represent their interests on a project he…
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