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Commission denies outdoor-storage request at 1725 West Lima Avenue; staff and neighbors cite junkyard-like accumulation and public-safety concerns
Summary
The Findlay City Planning Commission denied March 13 a conditional-use application from Dedicated Trucking LLC for outdoor storage at 1725 West Lima Avenue after commissioners concluded the site’s extensive accumulations resembled a junkyard and raised odor and fire-safety concerns for neighbors.
The Findlay City Planning Commission on March 13 voted to deny a conditional-use application from Dedicated Trucking LLC to continue and formalize outdoor storage at 1725 West Lima Avenue, citing an accumulation of pallets, trailers and other materials that the city said had morphed the site’s operation toward a junkyard-like condition with visual, odor and potential fire-safety impacts to surrounding properties.
Planning staff presented site history showing the parcel is in an I-1 (Light Industrial) zone but borders commercial and residential properties; staff said the front gravel area along Lima Avenue must be paved for truck parking and that outdoor storage in the front would…
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