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Planning commission approves Peak Nano Valley View site plan with conditions on rooftop screening, landscaping and access
Summary
After extended review, the commission approved Peak Nano’s Valley View Road site plan subject to administrative review of mechanical layouts, landscaping upgrades, an agreement extinguishing on-site trailer storage and resolution of access/easement issues with Norfolk Southern.
The Macedonia Planning Commission on April 21 approved site plans for Peak Nano’s large industrial building on Valley View Road, setting conditions to limit visible rooftop mechanicals, require landscaping upgrades and to verify that existing outdoor trailer storage will be extinguished when the property transfers.
Why it matters: Peak Nano’s project — described by the applicant as a large (roughly 240,000-square-foot) industrial warehouse/processing building — raises multiple municipal concerns including sewer and driveway crossings over railroad property, stormwater management, visibility of rooftop equipment from nearby residential streets and the removal of existing outdoor storage and trailers on adjacent leased railroad land.
The applicant presented sight-line studies and a Google Earth model showing that the building face is on average about 660–700 feet from the nearest points on Valley View Road and that existing tree cover and proposed additional landscaping will largely block…
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