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Rock Hill Commercial Park hearing canceled

By Patricio Robayo
Posted 11/2/21

ROCK HILL — The Avon commercial park project in Rock Hill was scheduled for a public hearing; however, right before the meeting, the applicant requested to cancel the public hearing.

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ROCK HILL — The Avon commercial park project in Rock Hill was scheduled for a public hearing; however, right before the meeting, the applicant requested to cancel the public hearing.

The developer, Robert A. Berman, wants to build a 2 million-square-foot warehouse distribution complex known as “Avon Commercial Park.”

Initially, the commercial park included 213 single-family proposed homes and plans for a 60,000-foot warehouse; however, the site plan was amended over the summer.

In its place, the developer wants to build the 2 million square foot warehouse distribution complex.

As previously reported, the proposed warehouse was originally going to be an estimated 35 feet high. According to the latest engineering report, in the proposed two million square foot warehouse the height will be approximately 65 feet. If approved then an air variance would be needed.

In a letter to the Thompson Planning Board, the attorney for the project George Duke from Brown, Duke & Fogel, P.C., asked to adjourn the public hearing “until later notice to allow the applicant, Glen Wild Land Company, time to evaluate its options with respect to the project.”

As previously reported, Berman attempted to build “Rock Hill Town Center” in the early 2000s at the precise location.

During that time, a group of residents opposed the development due to the project’s massive scale, stating that it did not fit the town’s rural character.

At the time, it was going to include approximately 1,500 homes and 600,000 square feet of warehouse and retail space.

Duke said there is no plan to develop the residential housing part of the plan at this point in time.

Rock Hill Drive, where the main entrance to the warehouse will be, is a dead end road with residential homes as well as the site of Sullivan SPCA and the Deb-El Egg Distribution Center.

Many letters of opposition have been sent to the Planning board, many citing environmental impacts, traffic and noise pollution to the area.

According to a noise pollution study done by Walters-Storyk Design Group that “it is possible that trucks outside of business hours will cause complaints.”

Furthermore, the study also stated, “residences at the west end of Sheely Lane will be most significantly impacted by sound generated by the project.”

In a report done by MH&E Consulting Engineers, significant grading will need to be done to support the warehouse and distribution center.

A letter on behalf of the Lakes Communities Alliances, which consists of members of the Lake Louise Marie community, as well as Wanaksink Lake, Masten Lake, Yankee Lake, and Wolf Lake, and the Iroquois Spring Summer camp, said the proposed 2 million square feet warehouse distribution complex would put the area in danger of over-development.

As of presstime, the public hearing has not been rescheduled.

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