COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Board of Zoning Appeals approved a twenty foot dimensional height variance request by Gray AES, PSC. on behalf of Clemens Food Group on Wednesday afternoon.
The staff report stated Clemens Food Group requested the height variance in order to meet increased shipping demands as the company will use an Automatic Sortation and Retrieval System to store finished frozen product.
Clemens General Manager Joe Hughes said the project will allow them to expand their operations which will include the addition of 400 second shift jobs.
The City of Coldwater’s Zoning Ordinance requires a maximum building height of 60 feet within the D-2 Heavy Industrial District. The current building at its highest point is 90 feet tall following a variance that was approved in December of 2015.
With the variance request approved on Wednesday, this would allow for a total height of 110 feet.
The proposed area of the structure exceeding the maximum allowed height amounts to four percent of the total area of the building.
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