Amend industrial buffer zone rules in Knox Freeway corridor plan
In Plain English
The city created a specific plan for the Knox Freeway and Cutting Boulevard area that includes an industrial buffer zone between factories and neighborhoods. City council will discuss changing some rules about what can be built in this buffer area. The buffer zone protects residents from industrial noise, pollution, and truck traffic.
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Votes
Direct staff to come back to the City Council in two weeks with the simplest possible wording that amends either the existing zoning ordinance and/or the Knox Freeway/Cutting Boulevard specific plan as they legally see fit to prohibit residential uses in the Buffer Zone including live work and prohibit day care centers or school for young children in that area, with first reading of the ordinance held on July 22, 2008, and the second reading held on July 29, 2008
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Affirm buffer zone rules in Knox Freeway/Cutting Boulevard development plan
Create buffer zone along Knox Freeway to limit development near highway
Clarify boundaries of Transition/Buffer Zone in Knox Freeway area
Clarify zoning boundaries and rules for Transition/Buffer Zone near Knox Freeway
Modify zoning rules to clarify what can be built in buffer zones
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