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Commission approves facilities and zoning changes

MiddletownMay 27, 20263 min read

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The commission approved special exceptions for two fitness facilities, a museum and learning center, and a greenhouse with a required six-foot solid fence. It also approved an amendment allowing outdoor recreational facilities in the M zone, a 50,000-square-foot warehouse site plan with conditions, and a sewer extension serving one customer and potentially four others.

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What this means

Residents may see new fitness, cultural, horticultural, warehouse, and recreational uses move forward, subject to the conditions approved by the commission. The warehouse approval requires revisions for setbacks, landscaping, drainage and traffic easements, ADA parking, and electric-vehicle parking. The commission also began reviewing zoning changes intended to increase housing supply, including allowing middle housing—residential buildings with two to nine units—and new parking requirements.

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Approved a special exception for a personal training studio at 373 East Main Street, with up to eight clients at a time and operating hours of 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; vote: 7-0.
Approved a special exception for a martial arts academy at 340 East Main Street; the applicant expects about 150 members, with classes of 10 to 30 students and hours of 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; vote: 7-0.
Approved a special exception for a museum and learning center at 155 Main Street; the vote was 6-0 with two commissioners recused.
Approved a special exception for a hoop-house greenhouse and utility shed at 24 Grand Street, conditioned on construction of a six-foot solid fence along the full western property line; vote: 7-0.
Approved an amendment to allow outdoor recreational facilities as a special exception use in the M zone; vote: 7-0.
Approved the site plan for a new 50,000-square-foot warehouse, office, and showroom facility at 1345 Newfield Street, subject to six conditions addressing utilities, public works, setbacks, landscaping, ADA and electric-vehicle parking, and drainage and traffic easements; vote: 7-0.
Approved an affirmative GS 8-24 report for a public sewer extension and easement near Ridgewood Road and Mile Lane. The new sewer main will serve one customer and potentially four additional customers; vote: 7-0.
Discussed zoning code updates related to PA-25-1, including middle housing and new parking requirements; no final action on those updates is stated in the excerpts.

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