Blue Ridge Condominiums

Good Evening Residents of Blue Ridge Condominiums,
In this month’s Gazette, there was a questionnaire which was inserted for your consideration. I am sure many of you who did not attend the informational meeting which was held several months ago may have some questions regarding this questionnaire.
First: The Project Location is on the west side of Route 112 with the Motel to the north and the green house next to Tractor Supply to the south. The west side of the property is adjected to a buffer parcel(which is @ 35 to 40ft wide) that is adjacent the Blue Ridge property along Birchwood Road.
Second: There are currently 2 parcels in this project. Parcel 1(north parcel) is currently zoned J2 Business and Parcel 2(south parcel next to green house) is currently zoned A1 residential.
The owner of the property, The Helms Group of Bayside Queens is seeking to rezone the property to J5 Business with a special permit for an automobile dealership. This zoning change requires Town Board approval.
Phase 1 of this project would include clearing a portion of the land, creating a storage lot, building a prep facility and building a small car wash facility. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC CAR WASH. This would only be used to wash vehicles being prepped.
Phase 2 of this project, would be the construction of an automobile dealership. The branding of this dealership has not yet been determined, but the owner of the property, The Helms Group, currently operates a Mercedes Dealership, a Volvo Dealership and a Volkswagen Dealership in Bayside Queens.
During meetings with the owner of the property, the Medford Taxpayers and Civic Association and representatives from Blue Ridge, there have been several improvements to the site plan. The car wash facility was moved to the northern end of the site to be furthest away from any residential unit. The western edge of the parcel will have a four foot berm with a eight foot sound attenuating fence on it.
Please review the site plans which are attached to this post.

I hope that this answers some of the question you may have about this project.