P&Z Approves

Rand-Whitney Expansion

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has approved an Edmond Road factory’s expansion proposal.

P&Z members July 20 unanimously approved Rand-Whitney Container Newtown, LLC’s, plans to add a 2,000-square-foot expansion wing to the north side of its factory at 1 Edmond Road in an M-2 Industrial zone. The factory manufactures cardboard boxes.

The expansion wing is designed to hold the factory’s equipment which recycles industrial process water and also to hold a trash compactor.

Paul Schaffman, representing Rand-Whitney, told P&Z members that locating the water recycling equipment in a new wing will provide the firm with more space within the factory for expanded operations.

The expansion wing also may house a large industrial trash compactor, according to attorney Robert Hall, representing Rand-Whitney. Positioning the compactor in the wing would allow waste to be discarded without the need to go outdoors.

The expansion wing will be shielded from plain sight by a stockade fence.