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Commission recommends light-industrial rezoning with sound wall and approves reduced parking variance on Highway 92 site
Summary
Planning staff and applicants described a proposal to convert 38 acres off Highway 92 and Old Alabama Road to Light Industrial for two large warehouse buildings; the commission recommended approval with a sound-attenuation wall requirement and approved a variance reducing parking minimums from 742 to 287 spaces.
A 38-acre parcel at Highway 92 and Old Alabama Road proposed for light-industrial zoning drew detailed staff review and a public hearing. The applicant seeks to redevelop the former Yanmar facility with two warehouse buildings (about 200,000 and 171,000 sq ft in the applicant's concept) and requested a concurrent variance to reduce the overlay parking minimum from 742 spaces to 287.
Staff noted streams and some floodplain on the property and provided recommendations. Applicant counsel described community meetings and proffered a supplemental landscaping plan with evergreen plantings and offered a 14-foot sound attenuation wall near Building A; the applicant said the use would utilize the existing entrance and that security checkpoints would control visitor access.
Commissioners discussed compatibility with surrounding uses and reviewed the traffic study, which concluded the existing entrance could safely serve the proposed buildings. Commissioners approved a motion to recommend rezoning to Light Industrial with the applicant's offered condition that a sound attenuation wall be installed adjacent to Building A and also approved the variance reducing the parking requirement. The commission recorded the approvals by voice vote.
