MOUNT VERNON — Ver-Mac Industries cleared the first hurdle toward a new, 63,750 square-foot warehouse Thursday.
The Mount Vernon Municipal Planning Commission approved Ver-Mac’s site plan for the structure. Ver-Mac will approach the board of zoning appeals at its Jan. 15 meeting for a variance regarding loading docks facing the roadway.
Ver-Mac also makes metal components for air filters.
The warehouse will employ one shift of workers who are already employed by the company, McElroy said.
McElroy said Ver-Mac is currently renting warehouse space off Blackjack Road to meet its warehousing needs.
Craig Sands, whose firm, Freeman Building Systems, Wooster, is overseeing the project, said the new warehouse will be located on the west side of Progress Drive. The project design has loading docks that face the roadway, which is not permitted in the city code without screening the docks and will require a variance.
The warehouse will be built directly beside an existing building.
MPC member Bob Drews said screening does not appear possible with the plans, as the trucks are “going to be backing in from the street.”
Primary traffic access to the building will be off Progress Drive. Traffic will exit in the reversal of the way it came in; secondary traffic can use the south portion of Progress Drive to Commerce Drive, to Newark Road.
