AUBURN — Plans to construct a 20,000 square-foot beer production facility and restaurant will be presented to the Auburn Planning Board Wednesday.Â
Prison City Pub and Brewery is seeking site plan approval for its plans to erect the facility on a 2.1-acre property on the corner of North Street and Standart Avenue in Auburn, according to the planning board's agenda.
The proposed project's main building will include a tasting room and an associated restaurant, as well as outdoor seating, an entertainment courtyard and parking, according to the application submitted to the city. Within the production area, bottling and canning lines and beer aging equipment will also be installed. Plans currently include a parking lot with 73 spaces.
A map of the site plan proposed for the Prison City Pub and Brewery's production facility and restaurant on North Street in Auburn.
In addition to the 20,000-square-foot building, Prison City plans to construct a small accessory building necessary for pre-treating water after use in the brewing process, the application states.Â
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Prison City last month announced it had selected the site at  for its expanded production facility after considering more than a dozen sites, some in Auburn and some as far away as Rochester and Ithaca. The property was once home to a car wash, but that was demolished last summer. Prison City plans to acquire the site from the Kyle family.Â
A Dec. 28 memo to the planning board from Stephen M. Selvek, the city's deputy director of community planning and development, said the primary vehicle entrance to the site will be at the intersection of North Street and Standart Avenue, which has a traffic light. However, he said, Prison City's project engineer is also considering a second entrance to the north of the intersection.
Selvek's memo said Wednesday's meeting will include a presentation of the project, but the public will also be given a chance to comment on it.
