Mobile City Council approves new zoning regulations
After about 50 years, thousands of community meetings and two attempts to pass new regulations, the city of Mobile officially has new zoning rules.
Africatown safe zone remaining barrier to UDC passage
With the approval of three amendments at the Mobile City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 17, a safe zone to protect Africatown residents from encroaching industry remains the only sticking point between the city and an updated batch of zoning regulations.
Debates over Africatown safe zone, Spring Hill erupt at UDC meeting
Overlay districts, which would create special zoning rules for two neighborhoods in the city, were the biggest sources of debate during a more than two hour discussion of the proposed Unified Development Code Tuesday afternoon for a Mobile City Council committee Tuesday afternoon.
Industry, environmental factions expected to clash over Mobile's oil storage regulations
Oil Tank Subcommittee Discusses Ordinance Changes
Second meeting rounds out public input on above-ground oil storage tanks in Mobile
Oil storage discussion spills over into second day of public comment
Public hearing on oil storage tanks scheduled Jan. 29
Talking Tanks In Mobile
As recommendation deadline for oil storage tanks looms, study pegs Mobile energy sector's annual impact at $4 billion
Economic Impact Released
Mobile Area Chamber Releases Deravi Study ‘Economic Impact of Energy Industry on Mobile’s Economy’. Petroleum Storage Industry cited as key component of our $4-5 billion energy sector and critical to Port of Mobile’s designation as Energy Transfer Port. Petroleum Storage Facilities in Mobile provide $680 million and 5002 jobs annually. Read the report's Executive Summary and more here.