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Planning panel approves building expansion with evergreen-screening condition to limit noise
Summary
The Tupelo planning committee approved a development variance for an existing industrial building expansion, adding a condition that the developer install evergreen shrubs (and pursue reasonable noise mitigation) between new parking and the road; two members recorded opposition and a three-day appeal period was announced.
The Tupelo Planning and Zoning Committee voted to approve a variance allowing expansion of an existing heavy‑commercial building, conditioning the approval on vegetation and other feasible noise‑mitigation measures.
Development services staff told the committee the parcel sits in a long‑undeveloped commercial corridor and that the building is consistent with heavier commercial uses rather than retail. "The recommendation is approval," Mr. Faulner, development staff, said during his presentation.
Committee members pressed for…
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