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Akron council approves conditional use for 387,860‑sq‑ft distribution facility at Manchester Road
Summary
Akron City Council approved a conditional-use ordinance to allow a 387,860‑square‑foot Amazon/AMS distribution facility at 2322 Manchester Road after a public hearing and a 10–1 vote; planners recommended approval subject to conditions and traffic mitigations, and the petitioner said the facility would use flex drivers and low truck counts.
Akron City Council voted to approve a conditional‑use ordinance permitting a 387,860‑square‑foot warehouse and distribution facility at 2322 Manchester Road.
Planning staff told the council the building would stand about 43 feet tall with its finished floor set roughly 10 feet below street grade, include 19 truck docks, two employee and local‑delivery parking areas (282 and 155 spaces), shielded site lighting, a proposed 8‑foot sound wall and landscape buffer along the north property line adjacent to homes on Allenford Street and Korber…
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