CoolFox LLC (application 25‑160), which fabricates refrigerated van bodies, appeared Oct. 9 seeking variances to permit 23 parking stalls where 28 are required, outdoor storage in the rear lot and other related relief for operations at its facility. Owner Joseph Fuchs told the board that most vehicles the company works on are brand‑new vans and that the fabrication process (carpentry, fiberglass and spray foam insulation) occurs entirely indoors. He said typical throughput is three to four weeks per van and the shop employs 12 people.

The fire marshal had issued a list of items that prompted the applicant to update suppression and alarm systems; the applicant said a suppression vendor is lined up but that certain work requires a building permit contingent on ZBA action. The board and staff discussed which lot(s) constitute the front yard(s) for outdoor‑storage limits; staff explained outdoor storage in the front yard is not permitted without a variance and that any overnight storage mapped as part of the site plan must be advertised if it changes the requested relief.

The board voted to amend one variance to explicitly reference a spray booth on the premises (motion carried). The board directed the applicant to work with planning staff and the fire marshal on code and suppression issues, confirm which yards will be used for overnight storage, and either re‑advertise for front‑yard storage or adjust the site plan to show storage only in the rear yard. The hearing was closed, the record remained open and the ZBA will reserve decision until fire marshal conditions and any plan changes are resolved.