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Guardrail contractor Costco LLC proposes Quaker Highway headquarters and storage yard; board presses on wellhead protection, stormwater and fuel storage
Summary
Costco LLC (regional guardrail and fencing contractor) presented a pre-application July 9 for an 18‑acre Quaker Highway site that would include an office, drive‑through warehouse, maintenance facility, a ~2‑acre outdoor storage yard and a 2,000‑gallon above‑ground diesel tank; the board and public pressed the applicant on wetlands, wellhead protection, stormwater, noise and containment for fuel storage.
Representatives for Costco LLC presented a pre‑application concept review July 9 for a proposed operations and storage facility on Quaker Highway (assessor plat 1, lot 59). Mike Zavala of Commonwealth Engineers described the site as roughly 18 acres with two wetland complexes and portions within a noncommunity wellhead protection area.
Zavala said the proposal would include three buildings — an office for administrative and sales staff (projected full build-out roughly 25 employees), a drive‑through warehouse for loading/unloading guardrail materials, and a maintenance building for routine fleet upkeep — plus an outdoor material storage area of about two acres. He also said the project would likely keep a fleet on site and proposed about 35 parking spaces (applicant estimated roughly 33 employees). For fuel needs the applicant indicated a proposed 2,000‑gallon above‑ground diesel tank; Zavala said the intent is for an internal double‑wall tank with containment berm and vehicle protection (bollards).
Board members and staff focused on protection for the wellhead zone, the design of stormwater management for the outdoor storage area, and robust containment for the fueling facility. Questions included how roll‑off dumpsters and salvaging operations would be managed to control noise and visual impacts, how snow storage would be handled without compromising stormwater features, and whether DEM/permitting would be required. The applicant said wetland-edge verification had been completed and that future state permits (freshwater wetlands, RIPDES stormwater, and DOT) would be filed during the design stage.
The board opened a public hearing at 8:01 p.m.; Joseph Fryeb, attorney for the landowner/seller, asked whether DEM permitting had already been completed — staff and the applicant clarified that no state permits had been filed yet and that wetland verification occurred but formal permit filings remain for later stages. The public hearing closed at 8:04 p.m.; the board adjourned at 8:08 p.m.
