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Planning commission approves automobile-storage permit with time limits after neighborhood concern

5489406 · July 29, 2025
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Summary

After staff recommended denial citing increased industrial traffic through a residential area, the Planning Commission recommended approval of a conditional use permit for a vehicle-storage facility at 2770 Saint Julian Avenue with conditions restricting commercial vehicle movements and adding a two-year sunset on the storage permit.

The Norfolk Planning Commission on July 15 recommended approval of a conditional use permit for an automobile-storage facility at 2770 Saint Julian Avenue, but attached conditions that commissioners said address neighborhood concerns about industrial traffic through residential streets.

Planning staff recommended denial, saying the proposed auto-storage facility would intensify industrial activity accessed through an existing residential neighborhood and increase truck traffic. Commissioners heard that the site will also accommodate a contractor’s office that is allowed by-right under the industrial zoning.

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