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Alma Tire’s Pinewood Street site plan approved with remediation checks and technical conditions
Summary
Alma Tire Company received approval for parking-lot redevelopment and driveway improvements at 23500/23420 Pinewood Street, subject to site-plan revisions, floor plans, parcel combination, pond filling/soil remediation per EGLE restrictive covenant, and possible variances for outdoor storage.
The Warren Planning Commission approved a site-plan application for parking-lot redevelopment, new driveway approaches and outdoor trailer storage at 23500/23420 Pinewood Street for Alma Tire Company (Motor City Rubber/Ats Fleet Division), subject to multiple technical conditions and environmental precautions.
Applicant Joe Grace told the commission the business is a commercial tire dealer that purchased and reoccupied a previously vacant property. The proposed work includes enhanced driveway approaches, a potential truck well, and two trailer parking slots — one for scrap-tire storage and one for pickup/delivery staging. Grace said scrap tires would be loaded into trailers and removed by a vendor when full.
Planning staff recommended approval with conditions that require the petitioner to: indicate on revised plans whether a truck dock is at grade or a depressed truck well; label the concrete tire-servicing area and limit how many trucks will be serviced simultaneously; show the square footage of any outdoor storage and update the site-data chart to include trailer heights and storage area sizes; expand driveway widths as requested; remove or note fences to be removed from front areas; provide landscaping and berm restoration consistent with previously approved plans; combine two parcels as required; submit two copies of floor plans to support evaluations; and confirm EGLE-related remediation obligations for a portion of the site where contaminated soil had been excavated and replaced during past remediation work. Staff also noted potential variances that may be required from the ZBA (open storage, gravel area) and recommended a performance bond tied to estimated costs.
During discussion commissioners asked about hours of operation (applicant said 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday–Friday) and the pond/soil conditions in the east yard. Staff explained the pond formed where remediation soil was replaced and compressed; the petitioner must address grading and drainage and provide documentation related to the EGLE restrictive covenant before disturbing the area. The commission voted to approve the site plan with the conditions recommended by staff.
The approval requires revised plans, parcel combination paperwork, remediation documentation and potential ZBA approvals for variances before building-permit release.
