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Commission approves special use, reduced setback for Stonehill Lot 3 to allow gated outdoor storage
Summary
The commission granted a special-use permit and variances for Riverfront Plaza LLC to operate a gated, paved outdoor storage lot at 76 Stonehill Road, approving reduced side-yard setbacks and interior buffer landscaping with conditions including paving and inspected landscaping.
The Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a special use permit and two variances that will allow Riverfront Plaza LLC to operate a gated outdoor storage facility on a 1.15-acre lot in the Stonehill Business Park.
Staff described the request as consistent with the property’s M-1 General Manufacturing zoning and the village comprehensive plan. Carrie Hansen of Shopee Design Associates, speaking for the applicant, presented a site plan showing a paved, fenced lot with 59 parking spaces of varying sizes to accommodate passenger vehicles, contractor vans and RVs; she emphasized that the lot would not permit semi-truck parking and that gates would be key-fob controlled for security.
Hansen said the site plan includes three stall sizes—standard 9-by-18 spaces, 12-by-30 contractor stalls and 12-by-40 stalls for longer vehicles—and that the applicant will provide buffer-yard landscaping to screen the lot. ‘‘We are also requesting approval for the flexibility of potential outdoor material storage,’’ Hansen said, but added such storage would need to comply with the village’s outdoor material-storage requirements and paving would be required to minimize dust.
Commission questions focused on hours of access, dust and the types of materials that could be stored. Pat Stanton, representing Riverfront Plaza LLC, said hours had not been finalized but the applicant was “open to restricted time frames” and generally envisioned normal business hours, seven days a week.
After discussion the commission approved the variances to reduce the minimum interior side-yard setback from 10 feet to five feet and to allow buffer-yard landscaping on the interior side of the rear-yard fence. Commissioners attached conditions including paving of the lot, inspected and installed landscaping prior to sign or occupancy permits, restrictions on storage that would create dust, and a requirement that the applicant coordinate fence placement and maintenance with adjoining property owners.
The approval advances the application to the village board for final action; any changes that exceed what was approved will return to the planning commission for further review.
