Zoning board approves 5,000-square-foot accessory building at 300 Seaco Road

MONROEVILLE — The Monroeville Zoning Hearing Board on April 2 approved a variance allowing 3 Seaco Road Partners LLC to construct a 5,000-square-foot accessory building at 300 Seaco Road, exceeding the ordinance limit of 500 square feet.

The applicant testified that Romaldi Davidson and Associates will be the tenant and needs consolidated, secure space to store evidence related to property-loss investigations. David Bizak, a member of the 300 Seaco Road Partnership and president of Romaldi Davidson and Associates, said the company has “greatly, exceeded our capacity” at its Garden City facility and wants a single building to house evidence and office operations.

The variance request (File 25-4-A) sought relief from Article 3, District Regulation Section 309F of Monroeville Zoning Ordinance No. 2,779. The proposed structure is a pre-engineered metal warehouse, approximately 5,000 square feet and 18 feet high, with a single overhead garage door and several man doors. Bizak said the new building would front onto the existing parking lot and would be freestanding, not an addition to the existing two-story office on the property.

Board members asked whether neighbors had complained; Bizak said he received one call from another industrial-park property owner but that the owner was satisfied after an explanation. He also said tenants on either side of the site voiced no objection. The applicant said there would be no new curb cuts and that access would use existing pavement.

A motion to approve the variance was made, seconded and carried. Board members noted one member was participating remotely by television and had given permission for the board to sign his name on the decision form; staff said the signed documents would be available to the applicant and that a PDF would be emailed the following day.

The board did not record any written objections during the hearing and discussed no amendments to the application.