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Applicant seeks waiver to add overhead doors at former warehouse on Paper Mill Road; screening plan under review
Summary
A new owner proposes to convert a warehouse at 2508 Paper Mill Road into self-storage and to install two large overhead doors visible from public streets. Staff and the commission discussed screening with trees; utilities in the right-of-way constrain planting and staff will return with refined screening plans.
Planning staff presented a waiver request to permit two new overhead bay doors on a building at 2508 Paper Mill Road as part of a proposed conversion to self-storage. The site is in a commercial-industrial zone where new, visible overhead doors are typically not permitted; the applicant seeks a waiver and is proposing screening to reduce visibility.
Staff said the owner would remove one existing loading dock and install a large central overhead bay on the Pleasant Valley Road side and consolidate several existing doors into a single overhead bay on the Paper Mill Road side. The applicant proposed planting six to eight trees along the Paper Mill Road frontage and eight trees on the Pleasant Valley side as screening, but staff noted that underground utilities (water main and sanitary sewer) limit tree planting in the utility easement on the Paper Mill side. Staff and the applicant will work with the planning director to develop a screening solution that avoids utility conflicts.
The item will return as a non-public-hearing discussion at the regular commission meeting after staff refines screening placement and confirms that the waiver meets code standards.
