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Planning commission recommends site plan, street vacation and rezoning for BPW ultraviolet disinfection building
Summary
The Holland Planning Commission approved a BPW site plan and voted unanimously to recommend vacating 2nd Street and rezoning 49 West 3rd Street to industrial to allow construction of a roughly 1,500-square-foot ultraviolet disinfection building at the water reclamation facility; the items will go to city council for final decisions.
The Holland Planning Commission on March 10 approved a site plan and unanimously recommended that city council vacate 2nd Street and rezone 49 West 3rd Street to industrial to allow the Holland Board of Public Works to construct an ultraviolet disinfection building at the water reclamation facility.
Alex Craigmile, a planning engineer and project manager with Holland BPW, told commissioners the BPW acquired the southern parcel years ago and retained an existing tenant (Magna) on the northern half while holding the southern parcel for future wastewater-utility needs. Craigmile said a COVID-era study comparing chemical chlorination with ultraviolet technology showed UV would be more cost-effective and would reduce risks tied to chemical supply. "It made sense to go down the ultraviolet path," Craigmile said.
Craigmile described the technical need: the existing chemical-feed building cannot be arranged to house the UV channels and the BPW proposes a new building just south of the current structures that would allow the UV system to operate while retaining the old chemical feed as a backup. Planning staff summarized the packet and recommended three separate actions: site-plan approval for the new roughly 1,500-square-foot building, a recommendation to city council to rezone the southern parcel from form-based north downtown to industrial, and a recommendation to vacate 2nd Street so the parcel can be reconfigured for utility use.
A commissioner moved to approve the site plan as presented; the motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition. The commission then voted to recommend vacating 2nd Street and to recommend rezoning 49 West 3rd Street to industrial; both votes were taken by voice and will be forwarded to city council for final action.
The actions before the commission were land-use and recommendation items; final approval of the street vacation and rezoning is the responsibility of city council.
