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Planning commission recommends approval on three rezoning cases, including industrial park layout change
Summary
The planning commission recommended approval of three rezoning matters: a Woodbury Pike site rezoning for an automobile repair use, a Sledge/Miller Road PUD for contractor/mulch storage with a 50-foot screen, and a modification to an I-840/Sulphur Springs PUD to allow four buildings within an existing 1.5 million-square-foot cap.
Doug DeMasi, planning director, presented three rezoning matters recommended by the planning commission for the county commission's consideration.
The first case concerns property at 3612 Woodbury Pike, where the owner requested rezoning from Residential Medium (RM) to Commercial Services (CS) after an enforcement action found an automobile repair business operating on the lot. DeMasi said the owner began clearing the site after the complaint and has submitted a conceptual plan; the planning commission recommended approval 6-4. DeMasi noted that any commercial redevelopment would require an engineered site plan, performance standards and landscape buffering.
The second case is near the Sledge Road/Miller Road intersection in the Christiana area. The applicant seeks to rezone RM to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow phased contractor storage: Phase 1 for a gravel mulch/equipment storage area along Sledge Road and Phase 2 for a paved office/parking/trailer storage area along Miller Road. DeMasi said pattern-book materials show proposed access and a 50-foot vegetative screen along Sledge Road and the western property line to address neighborhood concerns; the planning commission recommended approval.
The third item is an amendment to a previously approved PUD at the Interstate 840/Sulphur Springs Road interchange. The original approval (August 2022) allowed two buildings totaling up to 1.5 million square feet. The applicant asked to reconfigure the site to four buildings while keeping the total footprint at or below the 1.5 million-square-foot cap. DeMasi said the planning commission unanimously recommended approval after reviewing an updated traffic study and requiring additional screening on the southwestern boundary; neighbors raised questions about lighting, blasting and drainage during the public hearing.
DeMasi told the committee the planning commission had asked for assurances that previous traffic improvements remain in the plan and noted the applicant provided an updated traffic study identifying additional ramp improvements. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about buffering and asked staff to coordinate with the applicant's engineers before the commission hearing to confirm screening at one corner of a proposed parking area.
All three items will advance to the county commission for final action; no final decisions were made by the committee at this meeting.
