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Council amends zoning to create propane sales/delivery use with safety criteria in aquifer overlay
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing featuring technical testimony, the council amended the zoning ordinance to establish a new use code permitting propane fuel sales and delivery in the aquifer protection overlay, adding specific and objective criteria (NFPA 58 compliance, ASME pressure‑vessel standards, anti‑buoyancy measures, no regular overnight vehicle parking, and neighborhood business hours limits).
The Richmond Town Council voted to amend the zoning ordinance to create a new use code for propane fuel sales and delivery and to add specific and objective criteria for special‑use permits in the aquifer protection overlay district.
Attorney Robert Craven, representing the applicant, summarized expert planning and technical memos and argued propane behaves differently than petroleum: "If released from containment liquid propane rapidly vaporizes and expands into a gas and…
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