UPDATE: Proposal Approved on McOsker’s Policy Update

On May 9 Councilmember McOsker spoke at the City Planning Commission with a coalition of community leaders to advocate for an ordinance to prohibit new trucking-related uses in the Wilmington-Harbor City planning area.

The proposal was approved by the commission. The emergency ordinance in place will expire in July 2024. To protect the community, Councilmember McOsker called for a new, permanent ordinance to be adopted and implemented by July, ensuring lasting regulations on trucking activities. When adopted, the replacement ordinance will cover Wilmington-Harbor City to shield residential areas from new or expanded uses and the disproportionate impacts of truck traffic and pollutants. It will address truck storage, parking, terminals, yards and other related matters.

Original Brief:

WILMINGTON-HARBOR CITY — The currently effective emergency ordinance which prevents new trucking-related uses in the Wilmington-Harbor City community plan area is set to expire in July 2024. To protect these communities, councilmember Tim McOskers office “demanded” an ordinance to be prepared and made effective by July, to ensure permanent measures to regulate trucking-related uses. This ordinance will apply to the Wilmington-Harbor City community and protect residential areas in these two communities that have been disproportionately burdened by exposure to truck traffic and pollutants. This proposed ordinance will regulate truck storage, truck parking, trucking terminals and trucking yards and more.

The proposed ordinance will be heard at the City Planning Commission or CPC at 8:30 a.m., May 9 at City Hall. Councilmember McOsker encourages you to participate and provide public comments at this hearing.