Planning commission approves auto-body shop at 3420 S. Ninth St. with conditions
June 17, 2025 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas
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The Salina Planning Commission on June 17 approved a conditional use permit for an automobile repair and collision-repair facility proposed at 3420 South Ninth Street, allowing the business to operate in a PC-5 (planned service commercial) zoning district with seven staff-recommended conditions.
The permit (CU 25-1) was filed by Preston Pinnell on behalf of Celina Auto Body. Gage Roberts, the city planner presenting the application, said the 2.88-acre vacant lot sits in the South Ninth Street Corridor Overlay District and is designated for future commercial use in the comprehensive plan. Margie Clamp, deputy director of development services, attended to support staff during the presentation.
The proposal calls for a 22-foot-tall building (23.5-foot parapets) with 11.57% lot coverage, well under the C-5 maximums. Staff said required setbacks are met and public utilities appear adequate. Off-street parking requirements for the site are 38 spaces; the applicant’s plan shows 19 customer parking spaces outside the fenced area and 104 spaces inside an enclosed storage area for vehicles awaiting repair or pickup. Staff noted one north ADA parking space lacks an adjacent access aisle and instructed the applicant to either remove or revise that space.
Kim Hunnell, representing the project in person, said the business would employ 18 people and that construction could begin as soon as August with an anticipated opening nine to ten months afterward. “We’re ready to go, immediately,” Hunnell said. “We’re gonna employ 18 people.”
Staff reported required landscaping of 9,532 square feet for the front yard and said the applicant’s plan shows 13,231 square feet of landscaping, including 15 shade trees and 40 shrubs; staff concluded that amounts to the 19 tree units required under the city’s landscape regulations. The site proposes two 10-by-25-foot loading zones and a maximum sign allowance of 980 square feet with a 30-foot height limit; all signs will require separate sign permits.
Staff recommended approval subject to seven conditions, which include: 1) conformity with the International Building Code; 2) no sign taller than 30 feet and no off-site advertising beyond specified limits; 3) no mobile or ground-anchored banner signs; 4) submission of a site lighting plan and fixture cut sheets prior to installation; 5) construction of a public sidewalk 1 foot from the property line along Todd Circle; 6) substantial conformance with the approved site development plan, landscape plan, and building elevations; and 7) submission of a final site development plan (including revised ADA parking configuration and a detailed landscape plan) within six months of the commission approval.
A commissioner moved to approve CU 25-1 with the seven staff recommendations and the motion carried. The commission did not record roll-call votes in the transcript excerpt provided.
The commission then moved on to a second conditional use application on the June 17 agenda.
The permit (CU 25-1) was filed by Preston Pinnell on behalf of Celina Auto Body. Gage Roberts, the city planner presenting the application, said the 2.88-acre vacant lot sits in the South Ninth Street Corridor Overlay District and is designated for future commercial use in the comprehensive plan. Margie Clamp, deputy director of development services, attended to support staff during the presentation.
The proposal calls for a 22-foot-tall building (23.5-foot parapets) with 11.57% lot coverage, well under the C-5 maximums. Staff said required setbacks are met and public utilities appear adequate. Off-street parking requirements for the site are 38 spaces; the applicant’s plan shows 19 customer parking spaces outside the fenced area and 104 spaces inside an enclosed storage area for vehicles awaiting repair or pickup. Staff noted one north ADA parking space lacks an adjacent access aisle and instructed the applicant to either remove or revise that space.
Kim Hunnell, representing the project in person, said the business would employ 18 people and that construction could begin as soon as August with an anticipated opening nine to ten months afterward. “We’re ready to go, immediately,” Hunnell said. “We’re gonna employ 18 people.”
Staff reported required landscaping of 9,532 square feet for the front yard and said the applicant’s plan shows 13,231 square feet of landscaping, including 15 shade trees and 40 shrubs; staff concluded that amounts to the 19 tree units required under the city’s landscape regulations. The site proposes two 10-by-25-foot loading zones and a maximum sign allowance of 980 square feet with a 30-foot height limit; all signs will require separate sign permits.
Staff recommended approval subject to seven conditions, which include: 1) conformity with the International Building Code; 2) no sign taller than 30 feet and no off-site advertising beyond specified limits; 3) no mobile or ground-anchored banner signs; 4) submission of a site lighting plan and fixture cut sheets prior to installation; 5) construction of a public sidewalk 1 foot from the property line along Todd Circle; 6) substantial conformance with the approved site development plan, landscape plan, and building elevations; and 7) submission of a final site development plan (including revised ADA parking configuration and a detailed landscape plan) within six months of the commission approval.
A commissioner moved to approve CU 25-1 with the seven staff recommendations and the motion carried. The commission did not record roll-call votes in the transcript excerpt provided.
The commission then moved on to a second conditional use application on the June 17 agenda.
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