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Development Review Board hears dual requests to regrade Meadowland Business Park lots
Summary
At its Dec. 2 meeting the South Burlington Development Review Board heard two related miscellaneous permit applications from SBRC Properties LLC to move fill between lots in Meadowland Business Park; applicants said the work would restore developability on Lot 1E and conforms to a permanent-fill permit that measures building height from pre-fill grade.
The South Burlington Development Review Board on Dec. 2 heard two related miscellaneous permit applications from SBRC Properties LLC asking to alter grades in the Meadowland Business Park to facilitate future development.
Applicant representative Dave Marshall of Civil Engineering Associates described the plan as moving material from Lot 1E to Lot 1B on the Meadowland site. Marshall said the site received roughly 40,000 cubic yards of temporary fill during a 2005–2006 reconstruction and that the current permanent-fill permit calculates building height from the original pre-fill grade. "We're taking material from 1, placing it on the other," Marshall said, explaining the swap would make Lot 1E more developable while storing material on Lot 1B.
Planning staff explained the permitting history to the board and noted the condition in the permanent-fill permit that requires computing building height from the original grade before fill was placed. Marshall illustrated the development constraint with a simplified example: if the allowed height was 30 feet, an existing 14 feet of fill could reduce an allowable structure to 16 feet when measured from the filled elevation.
Board members asked about visual impacts and whether placing material on Lot 1B could create taller buildings that overshadow neighboring parcels. Marshall and planning staff said Lot 1B is subject to a view-protection zone along Hinesburg Road that limits future building height to preserve views to the east, so the overlay would constrain height regardless of the placement of the fill.
No members of the public spoke. After discussion the board recorded a motion and vote to close the hearings on MS2502 and MS2501; staff told the applicants they would receive further communication about next steps.
