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Grand Island residents urge board to vote on M‑1 zoning change that would limit warehouse size
Summary
At a June 2 public hearing, residents urged the Town Board of Grand Island to adopt local law changes to remove distribution centers as permitted uses in M‑1/M‑2 zones and cap business‑campus square footage at 350,000; the board left the hearing open and referred the matter for further review.
Residents urged the Town Board of Grand Island on June 2 to vote on an amendment to the town zoning code that would restrict warehouse and distribution‑center uses in M‑1 (industrial) districts and cap the total square footage of a business campus at 350,000 square feet.
The proposal — introduced earlier as local law number 6 of 2023 and revisited at the hearing — would allow warehouses under a special‑permit process and would not permit distribution centers in M‑1/M‑2 zoning districts, according to public comments. Residents said the suggested 350,000‑square‑foot cap was calculated from the island’s largest existing commercial campus (about 308,000 square feet) plus a 10% buffer.
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