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Planning Board approves O'Reilly Auto Parts at 183 Dolson Ave with easement language to be finalized
Summary
The Middletown Planning Board approved a special use permit and site plan for a 7,000 sq ft O'Reilly Auto Parts store at 183 Dolson Ave, subject to city DPW and fire-department inspections and final review of easement language requested by the applicant.
The City of Middletown Planning Board on Nov. 6 approved a special use permit and site plan for a 7,000-square-foot O'Reilly Auto Parts store at 183 Dolson Avenue, with conditions that easement language be finalized and the project receive required inspections and sign-offs.
Sam Burden of Bolar Engineering, representing O'Reilly Auto Enterprises LLC, told the board the project has received engineering sign-off from the planning board engineer, state sign-off is in progress, and a biologist who walked the site found no evidence of the Indiana bat. "We submitted all required materials to the city," Burden said, adding that the remaining items were mainly easement and housekeeping language.
Board members spent significant time on traffic access and easement issues. Several members raised whether the site should be limited to right-in/right-out access or be allowed full access like nearby properties. Burden said a right-in/right-out configuration would not work for the proposed layout and that full access was needed for the plan as presented. Miss Witt thanked the applicant for commissioning the bat review and noted that the biologist found no bat presence.
The resolution approved by the board includes standard conditions: the project is classified as a Type 2 environmental action, the applicant must obtain all required permits, and the city reserves the right to inspect and require restoration where easements are affected. The resolution also states the easement section will be "subject to review, revision, and approval by O'Reilly and the City of Middletown," language the applicant requested to allow their legal team time to review newly provided easement text.
The board moved to approve the resolution with Mister Higbee making the motion and Mister Madden seconding. A roll call vote was unanimous in favor.
Next steps: the applicant must finalize easement language with the city and secure DPW and Fire Department approvals before building permits are issued.
