Pictured is a preliminary rendering of a new United Dairy Farmers building to be shown at the March 19 Marysville Board of Zoning Appeals meeting at city hall. The building is planned to replace the current UDF at Cherry and East Fifth Street.
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The United Dairy Farmers company is looking to expand its location at the corner of Cherry and East Fifth streets.
The convenience store chain will be bringing a series of variances to the city’s board of zoning appeals March 19. The variances are in regards to height restrictions for new structures and signage that pertain to the properties at 714, 708, 702 and 636 East Fifth Street.
According to City Zoning Administrator Ron Todd, the variance is in preparation for an expansion project UDF is hoping to carry out.
Todd said UDF is looking to demolish the structures on the four lots to the west of its current gas station.
Provided documents list Stephen G. Coleman and John M. Eufinger as the owners of 714 and 708 East Fifth Street, John M. and Charlotte Eufinger as owners of 702 East Fifth Street and Jay D. and Kathy L. Low as owners of 636 East Fifth Street. According to Todd, the owners of those properties received permission from the city to demolish the structures in 2014.
Up until recently, the buildings were included in the city’s historic preservation district. In January the district’s boundaries were shifted, and now it stops at Vine Street.
Todd said after that the company wants to build a new facility on the newly open land.
“They look like they want to expand,” he said.
According to documentation provided by the city, the gas station would be redeveloped as “an expanded … convenience store with relocated gasoline pumps and (an) ancillary eating area.”
According to a legal notice published in the Journal-Tribune earlier this week, residents with questions can contact Todd at 937-645-7359.