Industrial storage facility developer asking Voorhees permission to clear cut 1,356 trees on property.

Plans to develop storage buildings on 5.1 acres of heavily wooded lots at Cooper Road and Centennial Boulevard in Voorhees would call for removing 1,356 trees, including 39 that are more than five inches in diameter.

A total of 3.9 acres of the 4.8 acres of woods would be clear-cut, according to the application scheduled to go before the Planning Board on Wednesday beginning with a caucus at 6:45 followed by the public meeting at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at Voorhees Town Center.

A sample of the trees on the property was used by the developer's representatives to estimate the total number of trees to be removed.

The flex industrial facility is proposed by Safe Storage USA LLC of Manhasset, New York, which is owned by Russell Nersesov of Sarasota, Florida, and David Dmitriy Khantses of Manhasset. The property is owned by Conwell Limited Partnership, 2828 Charter Road, Philadelphia.

Three buildings — 16,500 square feet and 11 units, 17,350 square feet and 11 units and 22,800 square feet and 13 units — are proposed for the triangular property next to the Animal Welfare Association.

The 802 Cooper Road development would have 107 parking spaces, according to the application.

Permission is sought for preliminary and final major site plans, a conditional use and bulk variances. 

"The parcel is located within the Office 3 (O3) Zoning District where light industrial facilities are a general conditional use," according to a review letter by Planning Board engineer C. Jeremy Noll of Environmental Resolutions Inc. of Mount Laurel.

Details of the project are available on the Planning Board page on the Township website.