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Planning commission approves conditional use permit for TB Electric to sell and repair electric motorbikes at 819 South Main Street
Summary
The Centerville Planning Commission on April 23 approved a conditional use permit for TB Electric (doing business as TB Electric Komodo) to operate a storefront selling electric motorbikes and offering limited indoor repairs at 819 South Main Street, subject to landscaping, safety and delivery conditions.
The Centerville Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit April 23 allowing TB Electric Komodo to sell electric motorbikes and provide limited, indoor repair services at 819 South Main Street.
Staff told commissioners the proposal meets the conditional-use criteria in city code (CCC 12.21.100) so long as recommended mitigation measures are required. The planning staff report recommends buffering between the commercial use and nearby residences, no outdoor storage, fire inspection compliance and limits on outdoor testing or demonstrations.
Staff said the proposed repairs would be performed entirely indoors and would not encroach on neighboring properties. “This type of use limited repair service would be done 100% inside of the business and would not encroach on the neighboring properties,” staff said during the presentation. The report listed conditions 1–8 and staff supported adding one additional condition requiring that deliveries not be offloaded from public roads.
Applicant Lance Packer, who identified himself as a business partner and owner, told the commission he had reviewed the staff conditions and did not object. He described the product as small electric motorbikes similar to e-bikes, said the repairs would use hand tools rather than heavy power tools, and said most sales and shipping activity will be handled through the company’s online store. “We will have a showroom and . . . probably 75 to 90% will all be just online packages leaving every day,” Packer said. He estimated full-size truck deliveries would be rare and said most shipments arrive as UPS or similar parcels.
Commissioners asked about hours, deliveries and parking; the applicant said tentative storefront hours are about 10 a.m. to 5–6 p.m. and that large-truck deliveries would be infrequent. During discussion one commissioner proposed the additional condition that deliveries be offloaded on-site rather than from the roadway and, if feasible, be scheduled outside school-peak hours. Staff explained that an easement and private lane (referred to in the staff presentation as “Ebbing’s Lane” or the site access easement) gives the property a place to accept deliveries off the public right of way, and that enforcement of any condition would be tied to the CUP.
No members of the public commented during the public hearing. The commission moved to a vote, corrected the parcel street number from an earlier misstatement to 819 South Main Street, and voted unanimously to approve the CUP with the staff conditions plus the additional delivery condition. The vote was recorded as unanimous by commissioners present; two commissioners (Moss and Hoth) were absent that night.
The CUP contains standard permit language noted in the staff report: the use is conditioned on compliance with local codes, is subject to revocation for noncompliance, requires installation of approved buffering/landscaping before sales or repairs begin, requires a passing fire inspection, prohibits outdoor storage or demonstration of vehicles, and is nontransferable to another owner without further review. Staff advised the commission that violations could lead to revocation of the permit.
