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Planning Commission recommends 2025 zoning code updates, including EV‑charger and pole‑height changes
Summary
City planning staff outlined a broad set of 2025 zoning ordinance revisions — contractor registration, dewatering exempted from noise rules, manufactured‑home setback clarifications, new language for EV chargers, a ban on outdoor cannabis cultivation, and allowances for taller pole lighting in large parking areas — and the commission voted to forward the changes to City Council.
The City of Blaine Planning Commission on Nov. 12 recommended that the City Council consider a package of annual zoning code updates for 2025 that city planners say clarify existing rules and respond to council and public feedback.
Planner Alex reviewed the major proposed revisions: an expanded list of work requiring city contractor license or registration (registration without fee but with insurance verification); clarified definitions and soil verification…
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