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Commission approves LFI Federal Credit Union branch with two-lane drive-through at 562 South Main Street
Summary
The commission unanimously approved a special exception and site plan for a 1,800 sq ft LFI Federal Credit Union branch with a two-lane drive-through, conditioned on standard recording of cross-easements and compliance with revised compensatory flood-storage calculations showing roughly 110 cubic yards (≈3,000 cubic feet) of added storage capacity.
The Middletown Planning and Zoning Commission approved a special exception and site plan for a new LFI Federal Credit Union branch at 562 South Main Street that includes a two-lane drive-through.
Robin Swanson, senior vice president at LFI Federal Credit Union, told the commission the rebrand and consolidation of branch services aim to better serve working parents and caregivers, and to centralize transactional services into one facility. "Our mission is to empower, lead, and lift women and their allies so to help them achieve financial independence," Swanson said, explaining the bank’s focus and rationale for the new branch.
Project engineer David Carson of OCC Group described the site plan as a compact 1,800-square-foot building with two drive-through lanes sized to accommodate about 20 vehicles, seven immediately adjacent on-site parking spaces (including two accessible spaces) and 11 joint-use parking spaces under reciprocal easements. Carson said the design reduces overall impervious coverage and adds more than 30% landscaping.
The site falls within an AE flood zone; Carson said the building has been raised 1 foot above the 100‑year flood elevation and the compensatory storage calculations were recalculated and submitted (the plan reflects an additional capacity of about 110 cubic yards, roughly 3,000 cubic feet). The applicant also disclosed a historical subsurface contaminant from a prior gas-station spill on adjacent property and described a remediation plan that includes a vapor barrier under the slab and coordination with environmental consultants.
Staff noted revisions to the plan addressing cross-easements for access, parking and drainage to be recorded on land records, circulation changes to provide a Norfolk Street exit, and responses to water/sewer and public-works review comments. Commissioners moved to close the public hearing and approved the special exception and site plan unanimously.
