Plan Commission approves NewCold development plan for Middle Jamestown Road with conditions

The Lebanon Plan Commission approved a development plan for a multi-phase NewCold cold-storage facility at 1350 Middle Jamestown Road, city planning staff said, contingent on several outstanding technical and permitting conditions.

City planner Ben Kuntz told the commission the applicant intends to route all truck traffic to its existing site in the Lebanon Business Park and across a proposed access bridge so “no trucks will be using Middle Jamestown Road.” That routing is a principal factor in the staff recommendation to approve the plan.

Staff recommended approval after finding the proposal conforms to the city’s Unified Development Ordinance provisions, subject to four conditions: the applicant must (1) address remaining technical (“tack”) comments in the staff report, (2) obtain formal drainage/stormwater approval from both the city and the county because the project affects a regulated drain, (3) confirm the proposed lighting pole heights to verify compliance with the 30-foot maximum in the industrial district, and (4) submit a comprehensive signage package for city…