Board approves parking variance for proposed 150,000 sq. ft. MTA warehouse after site-layout negotiations

The Avon Board of Zoning and Building Appeals approved on Jan. 7 a 63-space parking variance for a proposed 150,000-square-foot warehouse and office at 35510 Schneider Court. Applicants explained the facility is primarily warehouse and distribution space, expects limited car parking needs (an anticipated maximum of about 25 employees), and relies heavily on dock and truck access.

Applicants (represented by Aaron Appell, Bramhall Engineering, and Tom Lazzaro of MTA) and the board negotiated several site-plan adjustments during the public discussion. Board members pressed for additional land-banked parking and noted an emergency access road required by the fire department constrains layout. The applicants agreed to options including (a) reducing the future building footprint by approximately 22 feet on the north side to create roughly 35 additional land-banked spaces, and (b) allowing those land-banked spaces to be gravel initially rather than paved, provided they are recorded and made available if future occupancy increases require them. The board approved a variance recorded in the minutes as a 63-space parking variance (code requires 134; applicants proposing 71 initial spaces after plan adjustments); stormwater and wetland mitigation were discussed as conditions of future expansion review.