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Plan commission approves waivers, development plan for Avon Landing Building 3
Summary
The Avon Plan Commission unanimously approved three waivers and a development plan for Avon Landing Building 3, authorizing an approximately 156,400-square-foot industrial building with conditions including a revised landscaping plan and added parkway trees.
The Avon Plan Commission on a unanimous vote approved waivers and a development plan for Avon Landing Building 3, a speculative industrial building at Logistics Way and Ronald Reagan Parkway.
Staff told the commission the project site is zoned planned unit development (PUD) and consistent with the town’s comprehensive plan. The presentation described the proposed structure as an approximately 156,000-square-foot industrial building and noted an updated motion described the approved project as 156,400 square feet. Staff added a fourth condition to require parkway trees be shown on a revised landscaping plan.
Petitioner representative Tyler Sylvia, identifying himself as representing American Constructure Point and Van Trust Real Estate, said the design responds to existing development in Avon Landing and argued the requested waivers better suit a warehouse building type. Architect Paul Meyer of J Architecture said the 3% facade-projection standard in the older PUD would have required projections of nearly 18 to 24 feet on this long facade and would be impractical for typical warehouse operations.
The commission considered three separate waiver requests: waiver A to allow a driveway access that does not meet the 300-foot separation standard from the Ronald Reagan intersection; waiver B to permit 84-foot uninterrupted facade sections where the older PUD referenced a shorter maximum; and waiver C to alter the projection/recession depth requirement. Staff and the petitioner said the waivers were warranted by existing site grading, the location of an existing pond, truck turning requirements, and the industrial character of nearby buildings.
President Katherine Ransburg and other commissioners discussed safety trade-offs on the driveway alignment, noting the town’s public works director supported a wider turning radius to accommodate trucks. Commissioner discussion of architectural waivers emphasized visual proportion and consistency with nearby buildings.
After discussion the commission voted to approve waiver A, waiver B, and waiver C, and then approved DPR 2602 (Avon Landing Building 3) with the staff-recommended conditions and the additional condition requiring a revised landscaping plan that shows the parkway trees. The commission recorded a unanimous vote among members present (Greg Zusen, Paul Genenberger, Katherine Ransburg, Bill Reed and Andrew Rockebrand); two members were absent.
The approvals allow development of the building with the stated conditions. The petitioner and staff said the project will proceed under the town’s development-review requirements; the commission did not set a construction date.
