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Planners Say No to Medical Zoning Ban

PHILADELPHIA-The city's Planning Commission unanimously voted on Tuesday to oppose a pending bill that would amend the city's zoning code to bar medical and dental offices in the first Councilmanic district.

By John Jordan | Updated on January 29, 2014

PHILADELPHIA-The city’s Planning Commission unanimously voted on Tuesday to oppose a pending bill that would amend the city’s zoning code to bar medical and dental offices in the first Councilmanic district.

The bill, introduced by Councilman Mark Squilla, would prohibit those uses in the district that covers a majority of South Philadelphia and the River Wards. The Commission previously opposed a bill that would later pass the City Council that banned medical offices in Northeast Philadelphia’s 6th and 8th Councilmanic districts, according to Plan Philly.com.

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