TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: James V. Capparelli, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a Trucking Facility and a Warehouse in an I-2 (General Industrial) Zoning District, Located at 212 Page Avenue, 220 Maple Street, and 300 Maple Street (ZBA 2022-43)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and contract purchaser, American Property Investments LLC, seeks approval of a special use permit in order to redevelop the site currently occupied by Berlinsky Scrap Corp. as a truck parking facility with an associated warehouse. The company plans to use the site as parking for semi-trucks and trailers, as well as the transient storage of dry goods in the existing warehouse at 220 Maple Street. According to the applicant, all trucks and trailers are owned by the applicant through their affiliate entities. The business will consist of "over the road" trucking operations, which the applicant defines as trucks being dispatched for multi-state travel for days at a time. The applicant estimates that approximately one truck will enter or leave the site per hour, and a total of 10 trucks may enter and 10 may exit the facility in any 24-hour period. Trucks would access the property from Maple Street via Cass Street, using the existing entrance at the vacated portion of Benton Street. The redevelopment of the site will be phased in over a period of three years, beginning with the northern part of the property.
Carting, express, and hauling facilities are allowed as special uses in the I-2 Zoning District, but not within 300 feet of a residential zoning district. The petitioner requested a Variation to locate a trucking facility closer than 300 feet to a residential zoning district, as the site is nearer than 300 feet to residential zoning across Maple Street to the west, Wenberg Street to the south, and at the southeastern corner of the site along Stevens Avenue. The Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed and approved this Variation request at ...
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