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Pontiac Planning Commission tightens rules for gas stations after packed public comment
Summary
After hours of public comment opposing new gas stations, the commission adopted a zoning amendment adding minimum buffers, explicit fire-department sign-off for truck‑turn analyses, and an EV‑charger requirement at larger stations.
Chair Sinclair opened the April meeting of the Pontiac Planning Commission amid a full house of residents who said they came to oppose proposed gas stations and to press the city for neighborhood investments. “I want to make it clear … there are no gas stations on the agenda this evening,” Chair Sinclair told the audience, then explained the meeting’s agenda and process.
Neighbors filled the public-comment period to oppose a repeatedly proposed gas-station project near Franklin Boulevard and South Boulevard and to urge the commission to tighten rules. Robert Bass, a District 1 resident, asked that any community-benefits funds be directed to…
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