Prince Albert city council is considering relaxing landscaping requirements in areas zoned as heavy industrial after concerns current requirements could be deterring growth.
Coun. Dennis Ogrodnick, who brought the idea to council, said he had spoken to one property owner who told him fulfilling the current requirements would mean large semis would have difficulty maneuvering in their lot.
“I can understand along 2nd Avenue, 15th Street, other areas of the city, we want to have nicely manicured, landscaped properties,” he told council. “But in North Industrial, in my opinion and I hope I have your support on this, it doesn’t make sense.”
Quite a few interesting items were advanced to Caddo Parish Commission’s Thursday meeting.
Among those is an ordinance amending all of Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to permits for the sale of alcoholic beverage handling cards.
The commission finds that changes in the hearings for violation of parish ordinances regarding alcoholic beverage permits would be in the best interest of the public and permit holders.
Language in the ordinance states further that changes in the penalties for the violator of the alcoholic beverage permits are warranted and that moving for the creation of an Alcoholic Beverage Committee to conduct hearings and make recommendations for penalties, would improve and streamline the process.
Existing greenhouses at Sun Valley Floral Farms in Arcata. | Photo by Andrew Goff.
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After more than 50 years growing irises, tulips and lilies in the fertile farmland of the Arcata Bottoms, the owners of Sun Valley Floral Farms are preparing to leap headlong into the commercial cannabis industry with the construction of a 23-acre hoop house operation that would rank among the largest legal weed grows in North America.
The plans laid out in a 95-page initial study, published in December, call for 193 temperature-controlled hoop house-style greenhouses spread over 1 million square feet (22.96 acres), plus office/administration buildings, a propagation facility, stormwater detention basins, a new wastewater treatment system and a 66-space asphalt/concrete parking lot.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. County planning board rejects west Newton townhome rezoning Narrowly approves change in future land use map for separate townhome complex on Hwy. 142 Engineers showed Newton County planning commissioners this rendering of townhomes planned for Fairview Road. - photo by Special Photo
COVINGTON, Ga. County planning commissioners opposed changes to zoning for one new multi-family project and narrowly approved another Tuesday.
The Newton County Planning Commission unanimously voted to deny a rezoning for construction of 120 townhomes on Fairview Road, and narrowly voted to recommend a change in the Future Land Use Map to allow future townhome construction targeting senior renters on Georgia Hwy. 142.
âOpposition to a rezoning request is growing in Tyrone Township.
âThe Tyrone Township Planning Commission has been requested to rezone vacant land in order to create an asphalt manufacturing plant and warehouses. A preliminary review began during the planning commissionâs meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
âSeveral residents spoke against the rezoning request during public comment time of the Tyrone Township Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16.
âThe planning commission held another Zoom meeting Wednesday, Feb. 17, however, this issue was not an agenda item. It was brought up during public comment time at the end of the meeting.
âThe property is currently zoned Farm Residential (FR) and is owned by Newman TTP, LLC. The prospective buyer of the property, Jon C. Sawyer of Lansing, is asking the township to rezone the vacant land to Heavy Industrial (M2).