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Commission asks staff to study code options after federal purchase sparks local concern
Summary
Commissioners raised alarm after a federally purchased West Side property prompted neighborhood fear it could become a correctional facility. Staff said federal land is generally exempt from local zoning but offered to research using the city’s 'community correction facility' land‑use category and other options and return with findings.
A commissioner raised concerns about a recently purchased federally owned property on the West Side that neighbors fear may become a detention or community correction facility. The commissioner said residents are "really, really scared" and asked staff what options exist to slow or prevent such a use.
The Planning Director, Nick, advised that state and federal law generally limit the city’s…
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