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Council approves screened outdoor-storage allowance at Midlothian Business Park after debate over enforcement
Summary
After extended debate over screening and phased use, the Midlothian City Council approved an amendment to Planned Development (PD) 609 allowing screened outdoor storage at specified trailer-stall areas, with the exhibit and site limits narrowed to Lot 2B; the measure passed 5-1.
Midlothian City Council on Tuesday approved an amendment to Planned Development (PD) 609 to allow screened outdoor storage in specified trailer-stall areas of Midlothian Business Park, after council members pressed the applicant on how screening would be built and enforced.
The council’s action, passed 5-1, substitutes a site exhibit showing outdoor-storage only on Lot 2B, Block B, and requires 8-foot tubular-steel fencing and evergreen shrubs where outdoor storage is used. The ordinance was amended to substitute a new exhibit (labeled A2) and to limit the allowance to the area depicted in that exhibit.
Council members questioned whether allowing storage now — before fencing and screening are installed across the full length of the building — would create an enforcement and aesthetic problem…
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