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Planning commission approves site plan for West UA Transport with EGLE remediation and landscaping conditions
Summary
The commission approved a site plan allowing additional truck and driver parking for West UA Transport at 13125 E. 8 Mile Road, contingent on removing junk vehicles, providing easements, hard-surfacing, landscaping/berm work and compliance with an EGLE restrictive covenant and remediation documentation.
The Warren Planning Commission approved a site plan for open storage and expanded parking at 13125 East 8 Mile Road for West UA Transport Inc., subject to multiple conditions from planning and engineering staff including easement documentation, hard surfacing of a front parking area, landscape and berm restoration, and confirmation of remediation work tied to an EGLE restrictive covenant.
Applicant Andre Slonsky told the commission his fleet operates about 70 trucks and that drivers who have been on the road several weeks need nearby parking when they return. Slonsky said the extra front parking would accommodate drivers’ cars and that trucks would use delineated trailer parking behind the building.
Planning staff read a detailed set of conditions: the zoning designation must be corrected on the site-data chart; revised plans must show dimensions for existing buildings and storage areas, indicate parking layout for approximately 116,660 square feet of truck and trailer parking (referencing earlier 2017 plans that proposed 39 trucks), provide easement references and show all ingress/egress easements, identify and remove inoperable junk trucks, indicate and remove a rusted pipe fence along 8 Mile Road, provide a trash enclosure per staff specifications, and raise depressed catch-basins/manholes to driveway grade. Staff also required hard surfacing (asphalt or concrete) for the proposed front parking and a storm sewer system, and warned that certain variances (use variance for open truck storage in an R-1P zone, additional open-storage square footage, and parking on a gravel surface) may be needed from the zoning board of appeals before release to the building division. Staff recommended a performance bond; planning staff noted the petitioner’s proposed bond appeared low and recommended an additional $1,000 for landscaping/planting gaps.
During the hearing, commissioners pressed the applicant about removing old junk vehicles and the rusted fence; the applicant agreed to remove them when weather permits. The commission also asked about a chicken coop shown on the drawings; the applicant confirmed the structure houses pigeons and agreed to address the structure (either remove it or obtain a variance). A commissioner raised concerns about standing water and the condition of soil where two semi-trailer spaces are proposed; planning staff said the property is subject to an EGLE restrictive covenant for a nonresidential remedial action and that the petitioner must coordinate with EGLE and provide the city with documentation of remediation steps before disturbing the area. Staff said petitioners could proceed with other items (driveway, fence removal) while addressing the remediation area and must report back to planning staff and EGLE.
No members of the public testified on the item. Commissioners moved to approve with the staff’s conditions and the motion passed by roll call. The approval is conditioned on the petitioner submitting revised plans, removing junk vehicles, complying with easement and stormwater requirements, and coordinating remediation with EGLE as required by the restrictive covenant.
