July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
BZA gives Gym City special exception (2/11/04)
Construction to move forward on 9,000-square foot building
A special exception was approved Tuesday by the Portland Board of Zoning Appeals for construction of a new building to house Gym City Gymnastics.
Board members Betty Miller, Ken Walters and Vicki Tague approved the special exception 3 to 1, with board member Ron May voting in opposition.
May said after Tuesday's meeting that the planned building is “going to lock in Tyson (Foods-Mexican Original and prevent future expansion). I don't see how a commercial building fits into an industrial area,” he added.
The special exception was needed to build a dance/gymnastics studio in an area zoned agricultural.
Jay County Development Corporation executive director Robert Quadrozzi told the board that Gym City has outgrown its current 5,000-square-foot facility at 112 W. Rogers St. in Portland. At present, the facility has between 60 and 180 users.
“They are doubling their (building) size to 9,600-square-feet,” Quadrozzi said at Tuesday’s meeting.
He said that construction of the building, estimated to cost $284,000, should begin about the first of March and is expected to take about four months to complete. Briner Building Inc. of Bluffton submitted this low bid. Construction will be funded by city economic development income tax funds.
Approval of a special exception was one of the last phases needed before construction could begin, Quadrozzi said, adding that the Portland Economic Development Corporation, Portland City Council and Portland EDIT Advisory Committee have already approved the project.
The building will be located on approximately two acres just west of Tyson Foods, in front of the city's water tower off Tyson Road. Quadrozzi added that the water tower and Gym City will share the existing driveway which provides access to the tower.
Gym City is scheduled to lease the building for five years with the option to purchase.[[In-content Ad]]
Board members Betty Miller, Ken Walters and Vicki Tague approved the special exception 3 to 1, with board member Ron May voting in opposition.
May said after Tuesday's meeting that the planned building is “going to lock in Tyson (Foods-Mexican Original and prevent future expansion). I don't see how a commercial building fits into an industrial area,” he added.
The special exception was needed to build a dance/gymnastics studio in an area zoned agricultural.
Jay County Development Corporation executive director Robert Quadrozzi told the board that Gym City has outgrown its current 5,000-square-foot facility at 112 W. Rogers St. in Portland. At present, the facility has between 60 and 180 users.
“They are doubling their (building) size to 9,600-square-feet,” Quadrozzi said at Tuesday’s meeting.
He said that construction of the building, estimated to cost $284,000, should begin about the first of March and is expected to take about four months to complete. Briner Building Inc. of Bluffton submitted this low bid. Construction will be funded by city economic development income tax funds.
Approval of a special exception was one of the last phases needed before construction could begin, Quadrozzi said, adding that the Portland Economic Development Corporation, Portland City Council and Portland EDIT Advisory Committee have already approved the project.
The building will be located on approximately two acres just west of Tyson Foods, in front of the city's water tower off Tyson Road. Quadrozzi added that the water tower and Gym City will share the existing driveway which provides access to the tower.
Gym City is scheduled to lease the building for five years with the option to purchase.[[In-content Ad]]
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