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Planning commission approves conditional use for dealer office at 500 S. Third St.
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Jacksonville Beach Planning Commission approved conditional use application PC14-25 to allow an office at 500 South Third Street to operate as an auto-dealer office, with a condition prohibiting on-site vehicle storage.
The Jacksonville Beach Planning Commission on Sept. 8 approved a conditional use (PC14-25) to allow an office at 500 South Third Street to be used for automotive dealer activity, with a condition barring on-site storage of vehicles.
Planning Department staff told the commission the application is required because the Land Development Code treats dealer offices the same as auto sales, even where vehicles are not kept onsite. “This is PC14-25. It's a conditional use application, for a property located at 500 South Third Street,” staff said, citing Section 34-6-17(d)(2) of the Jacksonville Beach Land Development Code.
The request covers one suite in an existing 1987 office building. Staff said the applicant will use the suite as an office for buying and selling vehicles through dealer-to-dealer auctions and that no inventory would be stored at the site. “Every vehicle is gonna be bought and sold exclusively through auctions dealer to dealer sales. No public sales will take place. Per the license, I can't sell to the public,” the applicant said after being sworn.
Staff recommended approval with a single condition: no on-site vehicle storage. Staff also told the commission the change is not expected to materially increase traffic or require exterior alterations to the building; any interior fit-out would be minimal. The site is in the C-1 (Commercial Limited) zoning district and is surrounded by multifamily and office uses on Third Street South and Fifth Avenue South.
Commissioners moved and seconded approval of PC14-25 with the condition that no vehicles be stored on-site. The commission recorded yes votes from David Dahl, Margot Moring, Justin Henderson, Dean Haddock and Nicholas Andrews; the motion carried and the application was approved.
The applicant told commissioners he holds the state dealer license and is required to maintain records at an office; he said he will maintain two parking spaces as required by his lease. No members of the public submitted speaker cards during the public hearing.
No further permits or steps were specified at the meeting.
