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Planning board asks Amazon to supply foundation and material details for proposed van‑scan canopy
Summary
Amazon representatives presented a plan to add a 50x30-foot premanufactured canopy that will house automated van‑scanning equipment. The board asked for foundation details, material samples and a parking analysis after staff said the addition would remove about 37 van stalls; a workshop and resubmission were requested.
Amazon representatives presented a proposal to install a roughly 50-by-30-foot prefabricated metal building on the rear of an existing distribution campus to house automated van‑scanning equipment. The Town of De Witt Planning Board asked the applicant to submit additional technical details, a materials palette and a parking analysis before the board will consider final approval.
Project summary and site impacts: Project representatives said the canopy will protect scanners and electronics that inspect delivery vans at the end of shifts; the structure will sit on a concrete slab and tie electrical and data lines back to the main building. The company’s presenter estimated the change will remove about 37 van staging spaces and said the campus currently contains about 869 parking stalls overall; staff noted that prior approvals had already provided a parking baseline for the campus and that the previous approval may have resulted in an over‑provision relative to code.
Board requests and technical items: Planning staff told the applicant that the submission is incomplete for final approval and asked for foundation details (a true foundation rather than slab‑only), wall sections and material/color samples showing how the canopy will relate visually to the main building. The board also asked for a parking‑count reconciliation showing how the lost van spaces affect the campus’ required parking under code and whether the campus remains compliant.
Operation and circulation: Project engineers said the scanning operation typically stacks only a handful of vans at a time and that the pass‑through operation takes about 15–30 seconds per vehicle; board members requested a circulation plan showing how the new route for vans will affect site traffic and stacking during peak returns.
Timing: Planning staff set a submission deadline two weeks after the meeting for the next packet and offered a workshop slot to work through outstanding technical items; if the applicant’s next submission is complete, the board could consider the application at the May meeting.
The board did not grant final approval and instructed the applicant to resubmit with the requested technical details and a refined design that better matches the campus architecture.
