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Planning committee clears AMF Runes manufacturing site for council review
Summary
Planning staff presented a site-plan and lot-split application for AMF Runes, a vehicle-accessibility parts manufacturer proposing a 41,000-sq-ft building on a 13.4-acre I-2 zoned site. The planning committee voted to move the item to the full council agenda.
Planning staff presented a site-plan and lot-split application for AMF Runes during the March 20 Planning Committee meeting and the committee voted to place the item on the council agenda for final action.
Planning Director Cowan described the project site as 13.4 acres zoned I-2 on the intersection of Campus Drive and Macaulay with frontage on Hudson Drive. The applicant proposes to split the property into three lots; the principal building lot would host a roughly 41,000-square-foot building with about 35,000 square feet of warehouse and 6,500 square feet of office space. The site plan calls for 42 parking spaces installed at opening with room to add 31 future spaces. Cowan said the parcel proposed for development qualifies as a “through lot” (double frontage), which the city code generally prohibits and therefore requires a variance for the lot split. The applicant also requested a variance from the parking-quantity requirement because the plan provides fewer spaces than code requires.
Applicant representatives described the business and timeline. Mike Merle, listed in the record as the design‑builder for AMF Runes, and Dennis Burnside, who described AMF’s U.S. representation, said the company manufactures ramps, lifts and restraint systems used to convert vans and other vehicles for passengers with special needs; they said the firm is relocating from a leased facility on Georgetown Boulevard and expects construction to begin in April or May with building completion roughly eight to nine months after groundbreaking. The site plan shows two access drives from Campus Drive and an option for a through connection to Macaulay Road, building heights of about 40 feet, landscape mitigation approved by the city arborist, and a stormwater detention area toward Macaulay.
The committee voted to move the application to the full council agenda for consideration that evening.
Next steps: The item was placed on the council agenda as Resolution 2025-088; the council adopted the resolution the same night, which allows the applicant to proceed through permit review and the building-permit process subject to the variances and site conditions enumerated in the adopted resolution.
