In Berkeley, California (where else), they want to make it more difficult for military recruiters to set up shop. So, they’ve come up with a plan to require recruiting offices to have to apply for a special use permit and after a hearing, if it gets approved, they will only then be allowed to set up shop, but not within 600 feet of residential districts, government parks, government health clinics, government libraries, schools or churches. This is apparently the same zoning requirements for porn stores. (hat tip: Boortz)
Berkeley. Figures. Home of Cindy Sheehan, the anti-military CodePink, and the House District of Nancy Pelosi. And, naturally, they claim they’re doing this to ‘protect the youth.’
From The Daily Californian:
In response to a Marine Corps recruiting office established in Berkeley last year, local activists are trying to make it more difficult for future recruiting centers to open in the city.
If passed by a majority of Berkeley voters, a proposed initiative would require military recruiting offices and private military companies in Berkeley to first acquire a special use permit.
To obtain this permit, a business must hold public hearings and a public comment period.
If the initiative passes, recruitment offices could not be opened within 600 feet of residential districts, public parks, public health clinics, public libraries, schools or churches.
Currently, a recruiting office is held to the same standards as most other businesses, which do not require a public hearing or have limits on where offices can be established.
The author of the initiative, Berkeley-based lawyer Sharon Adams, modeled the initiative after current zoning law that restricts the location of adult-oriented businesses.
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The primary purpose of the new zoning law would be to protect young people from undue influence from military recruiters, supporters say.
“We feel that as a community we need to protect the youth,” Adams said.
Friggin liberals.
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