AUGUSTA -- A proposal to build a Tractor Supply Company store on Civic Center Drive goes to the Planning Board Tuesday.

Greely Associates has filed a preliminary application to build a 19,000 square-foot Tractor Supply Company store with an 18,000 square-foot fenced outdoor display area on 4.3 acres of a 40-acre lot.

The site is near the Augusta Elks Lodge, on land owned by Cecil D. Quimby.

Tractor Supply is a retail store catering to full and part-time farmers and ranchers, hobby farmers, rural homeowners and contractors, according to the company's Web site.

It operates over 750 stores in 40 states, selling items including clothing, equine and pet supplies, tractor/trailer parts and accessories, lawn and garden supplies, sprinkler/irrigation parts, power tools, fencing, welding and pump supplies, and mowers.

It was established in 1938 in Chicago as a mail order tractor parts business. There are two Tractor Supply stores in Maine, in Skowhegan and Scarborough.

Matt Nazar, deputy director of development services for the city, said the land where the store would go is currently undeveloped meadow and forest. It is in the Planned Development zoning district.

The developer is also seeking a driveway entrance permit from the Department of Transportation, and a stormwater permit and natural resource protection act permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

The Planning Board meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the lecture hall at Augusta City Center.

Planners are also scheduled to hold public hearings regarding:

* A state application for a conditional use permit to replace a communications tower at Department of Conservation headquarters on Bolton Hill, located off Route 3. The property is in the city's Rural Ponds District.

* An application for a conditional use permit from Cynthia Krupinksy to open a 10-by-25-foot food trailer to serve ice cream and hot dogs at 594 Civic Center Drive. The property is located in the Planned Development District.

Keith Edwards -- 621-5647

kedwards@centralmaine.com