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Board approves exception to Commerce Corridor rules to allow bay doors on proposed warehouses with added landscaping
Summary
The New Kent County Board approved resolution R-14-26 R1 to allow bay doors on two conceptual warehouse buildings to face Route 30/33, conditioned on supplemental plantings and aesthetic treatments to screen doors and soften facades.
The New Kent County Board of Supervisors voted April 13 to approve an exception (R-14-26 R1) to a Commerce Corridor Overlay District design rule that normally prohibits bay doors facing public rights-of-way.
Patrick Silva, the countys principal planner, told the board the applicant (represented by Kimley Horn) is seeking the exception because site constraints — riparian protection areas (RPAs), wetlands and varied topography — limit buildable areas and make orienting large warehousing buildings away from rights-of-way…
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