Regional Recycling is taking another crack at setting up a facility in Nanaimo’s south end.
The company’s application to rezone two lots in the 1000 block of Old Victoria Road was rejected this spring, but a property not far away already has the right zoning – it just needs a small tweak.
The zoning allows something called a “Refund Container Recycling Depot”, which is basically a bottle depot. The company wants that changed to “Recycling Drop-Off Centre”
Maureen Pilcher, a consultant working for Regional, says the new definition would allow for the increasing number of things people can now recycle.
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City staff are suggesting the change apply to all properties with “Highway Industrial” zoning.
Council voted Monday to send the proposed amendment to a public hearing.
