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Commission approves Kentucky Solid Surfaces site change after discussion of turnaround and stormwater
Summary
Planning commissioners approved an additional building and parking for Kentucky Solid Surfaces while debating a fire-department turnaround on an aging public right of way and confirming stormwater requirements for developments under one acre.
The Danville City Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site-built addition and parking changes at the Kentucky Solid Surfaces property after hearing technical comments on fire-department access and stormwater.
Kendall Wise, site designer with Vantage Engineering, described the property's history and the proposed addition: "The buildings, for the most part, look like warehouses... we're proposing to add ... professional office" and to add parking to serve that use. Commissioners and staff discussed an access / turnaround concern at the end of Daveco Drive, a public street built long ago that lacks a modern hammerhead or paved turnaround. Wise said the firm's recommendation to the fire department was a gravel turnaround to permit fire apparatus to turn around; the fire group accepted that as a functional solution during technical review.
Commissioners questioned maintenance responsibility for a gravel turnaround in a public right of way. "If he puts grama at the end of the road to provide a way for someone to turn around, who then maintains gravel because the city doesn't maintain gravel?" a commissioner asked. JJ Harris of the Danville-Boyle County Development Corporation told the commission the Economic Development Authority had recently purchased nearby property (the Redding tract) and that the EDA might be able to help address right-of-way extension in future: "I think we might be able to... take it back to City County, to the EDA board, and try and help address this matter." The applicant noted that fire engines can access the property and that semi-trucks already maneuver on-site for deliveries.
On stormwater, Wise said the city's rules typically do not require detention for developments under one acre and that the project team had corresponded with Josh Morgan, the city engineer, to confirm no on-site basin was needed for the small increase in impervious area.
After discussion, a commissioner moved to approve the site revisions, with recognition of the turnaround concern and the need for the city to consider longer-term right-of-way improvements. The commission approved the motion by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript provided.
