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Board approves VTEC Communications' request to upfit and sell vehicles in Plymouth; company projects new jobs
Summary
The Board approved a variance allowing VTEC Communications to upfit, manufacture some components and sell vehicles and trailers at 2525 Western Ave. Applicant Wayne Nifong said the business will start June 22 with 12 employees at $30/hour and expand modestly.
The Plymouth Board of Zoning Appeals voted June 2 to approve a variance of use allowing VTEC Communications to upfit, manufacture certain components for and sell vehicles and trailers at 2525 Western Ave.
Staff told the board the property is in a C3 corridor commercial district and that sales and light upfitting already occur there; the variance request was to explicitly allow some additional fabrication and assembly that exceed a strict reading of the current upfitter use. Staff recommended approval, citing the site’s surrounding industrial and commercial character and the comprehensive plan’s identification of that area as an employment and regional commercial center.
Applicant Wayne Nifong, who identified himself as president of VTEC Communications, described plans to upfit vans and trailers used in fiber-optic splicing and underground-pipe inspection. "We are moving into the building at 2525 Western Avenue," he told the board, and said the firm would start upfitting June 22 and bring 12 employees to the community, with starting pay of $30 per hour.
Board members asked about outdoor storage and sight lines along Western Avenue; Nifong said most work would happen inside the building and that only a few units would be staged outside near the building, not along the road. After a brief public hearing with no substantive opposition, the board voted to approve the variance per staff recommendation.
