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DRC presses Cold Logistics expansion on stormwater, truck staging and loading-berth code
Summary
The DRC reviewed a Major Development Plan to add roughly 140,000 sq ft to an existing Cold Logistics site; discussion focused on Mayflower Drive drainage, spreader swale discharge calculations, on-site truck staging to prevent off-site stacking, gate/access upgrades and a code dispute over 15-foot loading berths (applicant's standard is 14.5 ft).
At the Nov. 5 Apopka Development Review Committee meeting, staff and the applicant discussed a major expansion of an existing Cold Logistics site that would add roughly 140,000 square feet of warehouse space.
The applicant described engineering constraints on Mayflower Drive that prevent routing all stormwater on-site because of a 10-foot drop to Lakeview Drive and a high water table. "Mayflower Drive's only 18 feet wide. So we're changing that to be 34 feet to allow higher, a wider area to kind of allow stacking not to necessarily occur on along Mayflower," an applicant representative said, summarizing planned roadway widening and shoulder extension. The applicant proposed swales, check dams and a curb for a…
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