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Planning commission continues LaJoy Auto Wrecking site redevelopment after community concerns
Summary
LaJoy Auto Wrecking presented plans for a new 36,000 sq ft recycling and processing building at 40 Meadow Street; commissioners left the public hearing open and continued it to the August 6 meeting after neighbors raised questions about screening, stormwater treatment, soil testing and community impacts.
LaJoy Auto Wrecking presented site and building plans to redevelop 40 Meadow Street into a modernized recycling and processing facility, but the Planning & Zoning Commission left the public hearing open and continued the matter to Aug. 6 after residents raised environmental and neighborhood concerns.
Attorney Liz Saatchi introduced the proposal for a new two-story, 36,000-square-foot building with the first-floor finished at elevation 13.1 feet to meet FEMA and local minimums. Civil engineer Andy Sumalidis described drainage changes designed to treat runoff (hydrodynamic separators and infiltration areas) and to reduce impervious cover by adding nearly…
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