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Avon planning commission approves waivers and development plan for Avon Landing Building 3
Summary
The Avon advisory planning commission unanimously approved three waivers and a development plan for DPR2602, a proposed roughly 156,400-square-foot industrial building in the Avon Landing PUD, adding a staff condition requiring an updated landscape plan with parkway trees.
The Avon advisory planning commission voted unanimously to approve three zoning waivers and the development plan for DPR2602, a proposed industrial building in the Avon Landing PUD known as Avon Landing Building 3.
Planning staff (Linda) told the commission the proposal is for a speculative industrial building in the Avon Landing area on Logistics Way and is consistent with the town's comprehensive plan. Staff said the project would construct an approximately 156,000'to-156,400-square-foot building, with associated parking, loading and drainage facilities, and requested three waivers: (a) a reduced driveway separation from Ronald Reagan Parkway, (b) longer uninterrupted facade sections than the PUD references, and (c) a waiver of the former PUD'referenced 3% wall-plane projection standard. "We are recommending approval based on the DPW director's recommendation," Linda said, and added a fourth condition to require parkway trees to be added to the landscape plan.
Commissioners discussed truck turning radii, stacking capacity for semis at the entrances, and whether the PUD or the current Unified Development Ordinance governed architectural standards. Staff and the petitioner said the PUD historically referenced the older zoning ordinance, and the waivers reflect the site's earlier approvals and the practical needs of warehouse operations. Petitioner representative Tyler Silvia said the building was master-planned for the site and that the lot to the north was approved but not yet built. Architect Paul Meyer explained the 3% projection standard would require very large projections on a building of this scale and said longer facade segments better match the industrial character and operational needs of warehouses.
The commission found the waiver criteria met and approved waiver A (driveway separation), waiver B (facade section length), and waiver C (wall-plane projection depth) in separate motions. Chair (presiding) said she appreciated staff and petitioner explanations about appearance and safety tradeoffs. Commissioner motions and roll-call votes were recorded as unanimous on each waiver. The commission then approved DPR2602, amending the approval to include staff's added condition requiring an updated landscape plan that shows the parkway trees adjacent to the pond.
The approvals allow the petitioner to proceed to the next steps required under the town's development process. The staff report and the motions cited the PUD and specific historic ordinance language incorporated into that PUD as the basis for the waiver requests. The petitioner may now refine final construction drawings consistent with the approved waivers and the landscaping condition; the commission did not set a separate timeline for permit issuance during the hearing.
The meeting record shows DPR2602'related waivers and the development plan were approved without recorded dissent. DPR2604 (Rice Gymnastics at 8170 Kingston Street) was separately continued to the commission's May 26 meeting at staff and petitioner request.
