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COLUMBIANA -- The city's planning commission approved site plan reviews for at least seven new businesses in September, as well as an addition to an existing business.
New businesses targeted for the city include a Dollar Tree and Tractor Supply through Cocca Development.
According to minutes of the Sept. 12 regular planning commission meeting, Cocca Development Architect Bill Schroeder said the retail stores would be located at the corner of Springfield Road and state Route 14.
Store hours would be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the stores would be located at 50 degree setbacks from any residential properties.
Other new potential businesses before the planning commission were a welding supply business at 319 N. Main St.; a SkinBright Studios LLC business at 947 E. Park Ave. that will include a luxury spa and bridal studio; a new retail store at 2 E. Park Ave. that will feature additional vendors; a commercial bakery at 929 E. Park Ave.; and a Durr Family Chiropractic at 14415 South Ave., suite 5.
During a special meeting of the planning commission on Sept. 19, the commission also approved a site plan review for a 5,000-square-foot addition for Compco Industries on West Railroad Street.
The manufacturing company is looking to construct a new building to house a new press and its auxiliary equipment.
Matt Warner, representing Compco, said that the project will bring more revenue to the city and will also help the company keep a "strong hold on the industry."
Dave Harris of DPH Architecture, which is engineering the project, said that the addition will be close to Union Street and West Street and that it will leave a "pretty minimal" footprint.
The new building will be roughly 40 feet in height and house two main pieces of equipment, which are the hydraulic press and washer.
Another area just south of the building has been identified for new recessed truck docks, he said.
The docks will not feature any structures, just grading, he added.
He also said the company is seeking permits through the newly established Elevate Building Group, the joint building department between Salem and Columbiana.
Harris said the first part of the project consists of digging a 15-foot pit for the press that will go 10-feet into the bedrock.
The next step would be the construction of the building foundation.
"We are asking some approval from you before we can even start these phases," he said.
He also said that there isn't a timeline established yet for the project since the company is still waiting on some engineering information, including what would be needed for electrical components and the building foundation, etc.
Planning Commission member Ted Souder said the commission's concerns would be with regards to setbacks, stormwater, light and sound intrusion.
Harris doesn't anticipate the project will cause any excessive noise and also said the company is looking to contract with civil engineers regarding storm water, and that they would be following the city's storm water management plan.
He added that the project would not be disturbing more than one acre of property.