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48 <br />November 25, 2010) Volume 41 No. 22 Zoning Bulletin <br />legislation: "defines different types of homeless shelters and gives them <br />zoning classifications, which define where the shelters can be built." <br />Source: WFPL; www.wfpl.org <br />NEW JERSEY <br />The Newark Planning Commission recently rejected a proposed <br />change to the city's zoning code, which would have "banned tattoo par- <br />lors, pawn shops, automobile repairs and some bars from the downtown <br />area." The proposed legislation was reportedly rejected as being `not <br />well - written" and not thought out. <br />Source: Newark Advocate; www.newarkadvocate.com <br />NEW YORK <br />Proposed regulations that would have governed statewide use of out- <br />door wood boilers (OWBs) has been "tabled" in order to allow for an- <br />other public comment period. The regulations — proposed by the Depart- <br />ment of Environmental Conservation —would have "ensured that new <br />OWBs burn at least 90 percent cleaner than older models and require <br />users to use seasoned and clean wood as opposed to garbage and other <br />debris." They would also have required new OWBs to: "be set back a <br />minimum of 100 feet from neighboring properties and have smokestacks <br />at least 18 feet high." <br />Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise; htw: / /adirondackdailventerprise.com <br />In August, Governor Paterson signed into law a bill — <br />A.3397/S.4981 —that directs the State "to develop model planning and <br />zoning guidelines for communities to create compact, mixed -use senior <br />housing and residential accessory dwelling units, called `granny flats. "' <br />Source: GovMonitor; www.thegovmonitor.com <br />Editorial Questions :or Comments: west.q m re <br />uinlan @thosonuters com <br />. <br />12 © 2010 Thomson Reuters <br />