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Phoenixville council adopts zoning changes to allow industrial uses by right, set rules for detention centers
Summary
Council unanimously adopted amendments to Chapter 27 that clarify industrial uses are permitted by right, add a new definition and conditional‑use process and standards for detention centers, remove auto‑supply stores from the industrial district, and clarify parking‑space dimensions.
Phoenixville Borough Council on March 10 adopted a major amendment to its zoning ordinance that clarifies how industrial uses are permitted in the industrial district and creates a new regulatory framework for facilities the ordinance calls “detention centers.”
The ordinance, which the planning commission had unanimously recommended and which the council adopted in an 8–0 vote after a public hearing, removes industrial uses from a section listing special‑exception uses so that industrial operations are clearly permitted by right in…
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