Commission approves expansion of vehicle-dealer SUP with conditions limiting repair space and requiring screening

Staff presented requests to amend and expand Specific Use Permit (SUP) No. 539 to include an additional Lot B that would provide accessory major vehicle repair and administrative offices serving the existing Lot A dealership. "There are three stipulations total," staff summarized: revised landscaping to accommodate a service drive; Lot B must be subordinate to Lot A and may not display vehicle inventory facing the street; and accessory major vehicle repair is limited to 24,000 square feet for the SUP boundary (approximately 10% of the combined building area).

Commissioners asked whether residential properties adjoin Lot B (staff said no), whether the SUP covered both lots in full (staff: the SUP applies to the entirety of both lots but Lot B cannot function as a standalone dealership), and whether the required landscape screen would affect building setbacks or driveways (staff: the six-foot living screen is required along the western property line, excluding driveway connections, and other landscape/right-of-way requirements remain in force). Sri Ravi Padi of KFM Engineering represented the applicant and was available to answer questions.

Commissioner Bronski moved to approve item 3A as recommended by staff; the motion passed 8-0. Commissioner Langenfelder moved to approve item 3B as recommended by staff; Commissioner Lolli seconded and the motion passed 8-0. The approvals include the stipulations summarized by staff and require city-council approval of the associated zoning case where noted in the staff recommendation.

Staff said screening walls for on-site vehicle storage are required by ordinance regardless of the SUP, and that the SUP's accessory repair cap and subordinate-use requirement are intended to keep Lot B auxiliary to the Lot A dealership.