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Committee postpones auto-dealer and repair license decisions for 238 Meadow Street over parking-plan requirement
Summary
The Chicopee City License Committee postponed two license applications from Taha Asultani (Walsaltin LLC / Asultani LLC) for 238 Meadow Street to the call of the chair on Jan. 14, 2025, after planning and fire-department comments required a licensed-engineer–signed parking plan and fire access verification.
The Chicopee City License Committee on Jan. 14, 2025, postponed two license applications from the same applicant for 238 Meadow Street — a class 2 auto dealer’s license and an auto repair license — until the call of the chair so the applicant can submit a parking plan prepared and signed by a licensed engineer and address fire-department access concerns.
Applicant Taha Asultani told the committee he trained at Lincoln Tech in Connecticut, has several years of local automotive experience, and intends to buy and sell preowned vehicles and provide repair services. Attorney John Pearson, representing Asultani, told the committee a site plan had been produced for the real-estate closing; planning staff and committee members clarified the city requires a parking plan that meets departmental review standards and is signed by a licensed engineer.
Planning staff advised the committee that the property is zoned for the proposed auto-related uses and recommended approval if conditions are met. Planning noted a valid lease is on file, that the building department had no concerns, and that the applicant indicated parking for 32 vehicles. The planning report and committee discussion stressed three conditions: (1) a parking plan that distinguishes customer parking, employee parking, handicap spaces, drop-off areas for repairs and inventory display areas for vehicles for sale; (2) the plan must be prepared and signed by a licensed engineer; and (3) adequate access to all sides of the building must be maintained to allow firefighters to respond.
Committee members said they could not accept a hand-drawn or unsigned sketch and directed the applicant to work with the planning department and a professional engineer to produce a plot plan that would be reviewed by fire prevention, building, and police departments. Councilor Brooks moved to postpone both items to the call of the chair to allow time for submission of the engineered parking plan; the committee approved the postponements by roll call, 5-0.
The chair said the applicant should notify the committee office if the engineer’s schedule delays completion, and the committee indicated it would relist the items once the required materials are submitted. The committee also approved the minutes from its Dec. 16, 2024 meeting by roll call later in the session.
