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Public hearing on Donaldson Farms plan spotlights open-space, sewer and trail commitments
Summary
The board held a public hearing and extensive discussion on the Donaldson Farms General Development Plan (GDP), focusing on open-space designation, walking-trail connectivity, building scale and sewer-extension timing and responsibility. The transcript records a motion to approve and an opened public hearing, but no final recorded vote on the GDP in the provided excerpt.
Arlington officials and the developer on Dec. 2 spent more than an hour discussing the Donaldson Farms General Development Plan (GDP), a large commercial/industrial planned development that would cover roughly 350–360 acres and include retail, office and light industrial uses.
Planning staff described the GDP as a planned-development overlay intended to allow flexible site design and a mix of uses. The concept submitted includes several large industrial footprints (three buildings indicated at about 200,000 square feet and one at about 56,000 square feet). Staff said the applicant agreed to a 250,000-square-foot maximum building condition to preclude large distribution warehouses. The GDP also proposes that each lot provide 20%…
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