New Haven Independent

“Being near Yale probably isn’t going to hurt us, being that we’re Yale Motor Freight,” the auto company’s attorney, Phil Hall, told the commission.

The company currently runs a repair shop at State Street and Blatchley Avenue. It is seeking a certificate of approval of location to move to the intersection of the three judges: Whalley, Goffe, and Dixwell.

The plan met ample skepticism over whether there was enough space for parking, and whether cars would end up spilling onto the sidewalk. Noting that Yale Motor Freight has shown “disregard of the public right of way” at its current State Street repair shop, Commissioner Roland Lemar was skeptical of its new endeavor, to expand the business by selling used cars. Calling the application “incomplete” because plans showed no lines marking parking spots, the commissioners voted to table the proposal.

Medical Progress

Phoenix Realty development got site plan approval to build a New Haven Dialysis Center at 137 Water St., on the site of the demolished Melebus Club, next to the soon-to-rise Metropolitan Business High School.

Yale-New Haven Hospital gained approval for transportation improvements for the new cancer center.

And Yale University (no connection to the famed auto repair shop) got an OK to construct temporary parking lots near the new health services center it’s building behind the Grove Street Cemetery.