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Continuation of public hearing on moving‑company storage: applicant says operation not open to the public
Summary
A public hearing continued on an application at 896 South Columbus Avenue for a moving‑company storage facility that staff described as a private transfer and temporary storage site (roughly 30 days to three months) for a single moving company rather than a self‑storage facility open to the public.
The planning board continued a public hearing on an application for 896 South Columbus Avenue, described by staff as a storage operation limited to a moving company’s own inventory rather than a public self‑storage facility.
Planning staff said the facility is intended to hold household goods temporarily — likely for periods “about 30 days to 3 months” as moves are staged — and would not be open for customers to visit and retrieve items. Board members treated the proposal as operationally different from a conventional self‑storage facility because employees would handle loading and unloading rather than the public coming and going.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about traffic, frequency of pickups and drop‑offs, and how the facility would operate; staff said those and other standard site‑plan issues — lighting, security and traffic — would be reviewed during site‑plan review if the application proceeds.
No vote or formal action was taken at the continuation; the applicant is expected to appear at the next meeting to answer remaining questions.
