Planning commission approves Fairview Self Storage after requiring full masonry and below-grade detention

The Fairview Planning Commission on March 18 approved PC0125, a commercial site plan for Fairview Self Storage, a 2.72-acre self-storage project on Map 47, Parcel 6 owned by the Deborah Thompson Living Trust, after adding conditions requiring masonry on all four sides of the building and below-grade stormwater detention.

The commission’s action followed a staff presentation on the application’s requested exceptions — tree bank, sidewalk, above-ground detention, steep-slope disturbance and building-materials — and subsequent discussion with the applicant and technical consultants. Planning staff reported the applicant had revised the building-materials request to provide at least 70% brick on three sides and additional landscaping along Fairview Boulevard, while continuing to request above-ground detention at the rear of the site.

Why it matters: Commissioners said they were concerned…