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CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING
BETA AIR, LLC – 3070 WILLISTON ROAD
PRELIMINARY & FINAL PLAT APPLICATION #SD-21-28
FINDINGS OF FACT AND DECISION
Preliminary and final plat application #SD-21-28 of Beta Air, LLC to consolidate five existing lots ranging
from 1.53 to 736.2 acres into one lot of 747.92 acres and to construct the first phase of a new
concurrent application for a master plan, to include a 344,000 sf manufacturing and office building,
improving approximately 2,400 ft of private road, and constructing associated site improvements, 3070
Williston Road.
The Development Review Board held a public hearing on December 21, 2021, January 18, 2022,
February 15, 2022 and, following a vote to re-open the hearing on March 29, 2022, a re-opened public
hearing on April 25, 2022. The applicant was represented by Art Klugo, Chris Gendron, Blaine Newton,
and Jeff Hodgson. Board member Stephanie Wyman was recused from this application and did not
participate in the hearing, deliberations, or this decision.
Based on the plans and materials contained in the document file for this application, the Development
Review Board finds, concludes, and decides the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The applicant, Beta Air, LLC seeks preliminary and final plat approval to consolidate five existing lots
ranging from 1.53 to 736.2 acres into one lot of 747.92 acres and to construct the first phase of a
new concurrent application for a master plan, to include a 344,000 sf manufacturing and office
building, improving approximately 2,400 ft of private road, and constructing associated site
improvements, 3070 Williston Road.
2. The owner of record of the subject property is the City of Burlington.
3. The Project is located in the airport industrial (AIR-I) and mixed industrial commercial (IC) zoning
districts, traffic overlay, transit overlay and airport approach cone overlay districts. The project
consists of five existing lots: the main airport parcel, and four outparcels along Williston Road. The
four outparcels are located within the Mixed Industrial/Commercial Zoning district, while the
portion within the main airport parcel is within the Airport Industrial Zoning District. The portion of
the property that fronts on Williston Road lies in the Traffic Overlay District – Zone 3 Balance of
Restricted Roads, which restricts the trip generation to 45 vehicle trips per 40,000 of land area
without supplemental mitigation.
4. Both proposed uses are allowed in both zoning districts.
5. The applicant is proposing to consolidate the five involved parcels into one 747.9 acre lot. The
applicant concurrently submitted an application for Master Plan Approval for the project, #MP-21-
01. The master plan includes 40.43 acres of the consolidated airport parcel. The creation of this
master plan area results in this 40.43 acre area being reviewed as a PUD independent of the overall
airport PUD.
6. The applicant has submitted an application for combined preliminary and final plat review of the
first, or “blue” phase of the master plan area. Dimensional standards and other review criteria
discussed herein only reflect the “blue” phase.