By Greg Chandler
Zeeland Record
The Zeeland City Council Monday approved a request by Mead Johnson Nutrition to vacate the portion of North Division Street north of Main Avenue, as part of the company’s plant modernization project.
The council voted 6-0 to approve the recommendation from the Planning Commission for vacating North Division. Mead Johnson already owns property on all three sides of the dead-end street north of Main.
No one spoke during the public hearing prior to the vote.
“Approving that (street vacation) would allow Mead Johnson to integrate that into their campus by removing that curb cut to prevent additional access points on Main Avenue,” Community Development Director Tim Maday told the council.
Mead Johnson received site plan approval last month from the Planning Commission for its $836 million plant modernization project. The company plans to build a new six-story, 501,477-square-foot building directly west of its current ZSP (Zeeland Specialty Plant) building and a 117,928-square-foot addition on the north end of its ZIPP (Zeeland Integrated Powder Plant) building to the north.
The new building to be built will include manufacturing, packaging, warehousing and supporting utilities, as well offices and laboratory space. The northern addition to the ZIPP plant will be home to a new packaging line, company officials said earlier this spring.
Allan Barron, a senior engineering manager for Mead Johnson, wrote city officials in February that the vacation of North Division will allow for East Main to have contiguous sidewalk and landscaping for the entire length of the company’s property, from Carlton Street east to the plant entrance at 725 E. Main.
The city’s consulting traffic engineer did not see any concerns with vacating the street because it does not serve through traffic, Maday said.
Zeeland Record
The Zeeland City Council Monday approved a request by Mead Johnson Nutrition to vacate the portion of North Division Street north of Main Avenue, as part of the company’s plant modernization project.
The council voted 6-0 to approve the recommendation from the Planning Commission for vacating North Division. Mead Johnson already owns property on all three sides of the dead-end street north of Main.
No one spoke during the public hearing prior to the vote.
“Approving that (street vacation) would allow Mead Johnson to integrate that into their campus by removing that curb cut to prevent additional access points on Main Avenue,” Community Development Director Tim Maday told the council.
Mead Johnson received site plan approval last month from the Planning Commission for its $836 million plant modernization project. The company plans to build a new six-story, 501,477-square-foot building directly west of its current ZSP (Zeeland Specialty Plant) building and a 117,928-square-foot addition on the north end of its ZIPP (Zeeland Integrated Powder Plant) building to the north.
The new building to be built will include manufacturing, packaging, warehousing and supporting utilities, as well offices and laboratory space. The northern addition to the ZIPP plant will be home to a new packaging line, company officials said earlier this spring.
Allan Barron, a senior engineering manager for Mead Johnson, wrote city officials in February that the vacation of North Division will allow for East Main to have contiguous sidewalk and landscaping for the entire length of the company’s property, from Carlton Street east to the plant entrance at 725 E. Main.
The city’s consulting traffic engineer did not see any concerns with vacating the street because it does not serve through traffic, Maday said.
