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Commission approves alternate ESA plan for Spencer Road industrial site; mitigation to remove invasive privet
Summary
Planning commission approved AESA250001 to allow a 0.23‑acre encroachment into mapped ESAs for a proposed 53.3‑acre Spencer Road industrial development, conditioned on mitigation measures including removal of invasive Chinese privet and native replanting. Vote: 5‑0.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 13 approved an alternative ESA (environmentally sensitive area) plan for the Spencer Road industrial site that will allow a small ESA encroachment if the developer carries out a targeted mitigation program.
Jennifer Rovezzi, the city’s watershed protection coordinator, said the overall site is roughly 53.3 acres proposed for four industrial buildings and supporting infrastructure. Field assessments identified riparian buffer and undeveloped floodplain ESAs and a contiguous cross‑timbers upland habitat area; the proposed work…
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