Developer requests wider driveways at Cedar Tree Summit; staff says request is common and not opposed

Planning staff presented a site plan by Summit Real Estate Group for Cedar Tree Summit, a nonresidential development on about 27.08 acres on Cedar Tree Lane, and said the proposal includes a variance request to exceed the code limit of 35 feet for driveway width at the property line.

Staff said the stated hardship was the need to accommodate truck turning movements for larger vehicles. The report noted that a nearby industrial site received similar approval about two months earlier for roughly 20 driveways, and that this application is requesting two additional driveways. For those reasons staff said it was not opposed to the driveway‑width variance.

Evan Foster, with Reagan Smith, identified himself as the applicant’s representative and said he had no additions to the staff report and was present to answer questions. No formal vote occurred; staff will carry the variance recommendation forward as part of the site‑plan review.