The Planning and Zoning Commission voted July 28 to recommend approval of Ordinance 25-25, a special-use permit to allow an open sales lot for used vehicles at the former Cycle M site. The measure advances to the Planning and Economic Development meeting on Aug. 4 with staff-recommended conditions.

Staff told the commission the parcel previously operated as an open sales lot and that vehicle sales appear to have ceased around 2020. Staff recommended approval with conditions intended to keep display vehicles inside the property boundaries, allow customer parking on the adjacent lot to the south, limit the number of vehicles displayed on the subject property and require an occupancy inspection of the sales office space.

Applicant Eric Rodriguez Posadas said he plans to sell used and classic vehicles and that his lease with the property owner includes the adjacent lot for customer parking. He told the commission there will be no mechanical work on site: “It's gonna be strictly sales.”

Commissioners discussed ingress and egress and potential right-of-way spillover. One commissioner said they disagreed with a finding that measures had been taken to provide safe ingress and egress and expressed concern that parking could spill into the right of way; the speaker said the concern would not change their vote. The record shows a roll-call recommendation in favor: Commissioners Pfluger, Hankins, Klinger, Holmes, Gentry and Danny Levitz voted yes. The item will be considered by the Planning and Economic Development meeting on Aug. 4 at 5:30 p.m.

The conditions attached to the recommendation include limiting display space so vehicles do not encroach into the public right of way, using the adjacent south parking for customers (about 10 spaces was the staff estimate of on-site display capacity), and an occupancy inspection for the indoor sales office before operation. The applicant and staff were encouraged to attend the Aug. 4 meeting.

Details that remain: the record notes the landlord as Paul Peterson and that the applicant's lease includes the adjoining lot; the staff report and aerial photos in the meeting packet were cited as showing the building sits close to the road and that previous displays extended into the right of way. No formal appeals or additional conditions were added at the July 28 meeting.