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Commission forwards positive recommendation to zoning board for motor‑vehicle storage at 40 Sharp Drive
Summary
Planning staff and commissioners recommended that the zoning board permit motor‑vehicle storage on a newly subdivided parcel at 40 Sharp Drive to accommodate overflow vehicle parking for a local dealer. Applicant representatives told the commission the vehicles currently are stored temporarily at another site and the operation would
The planning commission voted to forward a positive recommendation to the zoning board for a requested use variance to permit motor‑vehicle storage on a newly subdivided parcel at 40 Sharp Drive.
Staff said the site is in an industrial/industrial‑buffer area on the future land‑use map and that the proposed storage use is generally industrial in character. The applicant, represented by attorney Robert Murray, said the vehicles currently are being stored on a temporary lot at a former prison property and the purchase of the Sharp Drive parcel would provide a long‑term surface storage area to serve nearby dealerships and related businesses. Murray said the applicant expects to coordinate landscaping, lighting and easements with the adjacent self‑storage development and that the operation would not establish a sales office at the Sharp Drive site.
Commissioners noted the historical allowance for similar storage in the area and the 2023 zoning code changes that removed many special‑use permit categories; several members said a use variance was an appropriate vehicle to restore a use historically allowed here. Staff recommended a positive recommendation and the commission approved it by voice vote. The item will next go to the zoning board for a variance hearing.
