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Planning commission denies site plan for automotive business over parking and safety concerns
Summary
The Coldwater Planning Commission voted 3-2 to deny a proposed site plan for an automotive business, citing insufficient on-site parking, a narrow ingress/egress easement, vision-triangle safety issues, and the removal of nearby on-street spaces by a planned curb-and-gutter project. The applicant may appeal.
The Coldwater Planning Commission voted to deny a site plan for a proposed automotive business after staff and commissioners raised parking and circulation safety concerns. Robert, the planning staff member who presented the application, told the panel the site meets only two on-site stalls while the ordinance requires four, the recorded ingress/egress easement is roughly 15 feet where 22 feet is required, and a planned 2026 curb-and-gutter project along US 12 will eliminate nearby on-street parking that the business had counted on.
Robert said the applicant had agreed to a pedestrian barricade at the northeast corner…
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