Commissioners approve conditional-use amendment to add auto-sales at Automotive Addiction Museum

The Murray City Planning Commission voted Aug. 7 to approve a conditional-use permit amendment allowing auto sales at the Automotive Addiction Museum property, 158 East 4500 South.

Planning staff member Ruth Ruach told the commission the site already held a conditional-use permit for a car museum and that the applicant sought a permanent amendment to allow auto sales. The property is in the C-D (Commercial Development) zone; staff said zoning and development standards for parking, access and landscaping would remain unchanged and reported that no public comments were received during the notice period.

“Staff recommends that the planning commission approve a conditional use permit amendment to allow auto sales at 158 East 4500 South subject to these three conditions,” Ruach said.

Applicant E.R. Quaren said the business would operate primarily as a consignment or brokerage model: “We’re not gonna be bringing a bunch of cars and storing them outside or anything like that. We have cars that are stored inside the building that will provide online will show online and and do auto sales in that fashion. So more consigned vehicles than inventory,” Quaren said.

A motion to approve the conditional-use permit amendment was made by Commissioner Aaron Hildreth and seconded; the commission took a roll-call vote and the motion passed. Ruth Ruach conducted the roll call; commissioners recorded “Yes.” Chair Michael Richards declared the motion passed.

Why this matters: the decision permits a new permanent use (auto sales) on a property already used for an automotive museum and clarifies that the change must meet the city’s existing development standards and the three conditions in the staff report.