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Applicant seeks special exception to convert Hermit Smith truck yard to industrial outdoor storage
Summary
An attorney for the new owner asked the Apopka DRC to forward a special-exception application to the planning commission to allow industrial outdoor storage at 85 and 135 Hermit Smith Road, saying the owner will bring the site up to code; staff raised standard site-plan requirements and noted emergency-water connections will be required.
An attorney for the property owner asked the Apopka Development Review Committee on Oct. 29 to forward a special-exception application to the planning commission to allow industrial outdoor storage at 85 and 135 Hermit Smith Road.
"What's before you today is a special exception request for indoor I'm sorry, industrial outdoor storage," said Jonathan Hules of the Law Firm with offices at 215 North Eola Drive in Orlando. Hules told the committee the parcel is zoned industrial but that this specific principal use requires a special exception. He said the property currently operates as a nonconforming truck-storage and maintenance facility that may continue only so long as it is not expanded or interrupted for more than 180 days.
Hules said the new owner plans to bring the property into compliance with parking, paving and stormwater code requirements and presented a conceptual site plan, asking that the DRC move the request to the planning commission for formal review.
Committee staff said community development had no additional comments and that public-works would provide detailed comments at the site-plan submission stage. Fire staff raised an operational note about water: a department representative confirmed hydrant and water connections will be required. Applicant engineer TJ Moore of 1820 Engineering said the proposal includes small modular buildings that will require water service and that a hydroflow test will be scheduled with the site-plan submission.
No formal action was taken by the DRC; Hules’ request will proceed to the planning commission where the use can be approved, approved with conditions or denied. If denied, the applicant may appeal to the city council.
