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Planning Commission Tables New Flyer Site Plan

Too many unanswered questions has led the Jamestown Planning Commission to table the approval of site plans for the New Flyer facility.

The Planning Commission met with Tim Shults, Shults Auto Group president; Jason Senske, consultant for Shults Auto Group; Keri Belovarac, Bemus Bay Planners owner; and Scott Grahman, Bemus Bay Planners project manager; about the site plans for the newly renovated facility for the heavy-duty transit bus manufacturer. Shults Real Estate purchased the former Quality Markets grocery store earlier this year and has been renovating a large portion of the building for New Flyer. Senske said the New Flyer facility will employee around 43 people who will be working on electric circuit boards in the 40,000-square-foot facility.

Jeffrey Lehman, city public works director, said he sent a list of 15 questions about the site plans to Shults Real Estate representatives that needed to be answered. He said most of the questions were not answered prior to the Planning Commission meeting. One question involved a property easement that is needed for storm water drainage from the New Flyer property to another property owned by Shults. Lehman said even though they are both owned by Shults, a property easement is still needed prior to approving the site plans.

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