Ms. Goodwin reviewed the staff report and provided an aerial photograph. Ms. |
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Goodwin added that the A. Raymond company currently occupies an existing building |
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in the same industrial park. The applicant proposes to operate three shifts for five |
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days per week in the proposed building. A further expansion of the building is |
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anticipated in the future to add another 36,000 square feet, bringing the total employee |
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count from 12 to 62 persons. The aerial photograph showed the relationship of the |
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existing building to the proposed building on Lot 32. The access and circulation is |
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from both Technology Drive and Research Drive. Sixty-five parking spaces are |
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proposed for the initial development with no apparent adverse effects to the proposed |
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circulation. There are no regulated wetlands on the site. The property is exempt from |
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the requirements of the Tree Conservation Ordinance as it is a platted subdivision. |
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The site plan does propose landscaped parking islands as well as a greenbelt |
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improvement along the east property line where it adjoins an existing industrial building |
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development. The Planning Department is recommending approval of the proposed |
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site plan. Ms. Goodwin pointed out that the applicant has agreed to provide a |
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cross-access easement which would allow for potential fire access to the adjacent site, |
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which has been included in the packet. The applicant is agreeable to the |
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recommended landscape bond in the amount of $16,124 which should be a condition |
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