The board unanimously approved a special-use permit for Standard Technologies to build an 85,000-square-foot metal fabrication plant at Las Tortugas Drive, with the applicant estimating about 65 jobs and stating powder-coating operations will use filtration and DEQ permitting.

At a Nov. 6 preliminary forum, staff and the applicant described a proposed 85,000‑square‑foot metal fabrication facility (laser cutting, welding, powder coating) at 4901 Las Tortugas Drive. The proposal would be in an I‑1 district, is projected to create roughly 65 full‑time jobs, and could expand in the future; the board asked about parking, rip‑