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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The City Council Wednesday approved a resolution effectively barring the operation of so-called "disaster tours," or bus tours operating in fire-impacted areas of Pacific Palisades.

In a unanimous vote, council members authorized the Department of Transportation to restrict tour bus operations across roughly 16 square miles. The boundaries are:

The resolution states the restrictions are needed to "preserve public safety in an area within a declared emergency while construction activities to repair roadways, stabilize hillside slopes, repair utilities, reconstruct homes, and rebuild businesses which often, narrow, winding roads."

DOT staff are expected to post signs at entry points to the fire- affected area prohibiting vehicles weighing more than 6,000 p

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