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Planning commission backs conditional use permit for landscaping business on Jesse DuPont parcel
Summary
The Northumberland County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a conditional use permit for a landscaping contractor to locate a light-industry storage and limited ancillary sales operation on a parcel adjacent to Jesse DuPont Memorial Park, with conditions limiting retail transactions to those ancillary to the landscaping business.
The Northumberland County Planning Commission on an evening vote recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a conditional use permit for a landscaping business to operate a light-industry storage and limited ancillary sales site on a parcel along Jesse DuPont Memorial Highway adjacent to Jesse DuPont Memorial Park.
The recommendation came after an applicant, Will Dare, described plans for a roughly 6,500-square-foot steel building to store equipment and materials for his company, Landscape Beyond, and said any customer visits or material pick-ups would be by appointment and limited. The commission modified a condition to make clear that “sales transactions shall be limited to those that are ancillary to the main purpose of the landscaping business.”
Why it matters: the change lets a contractor store equipment and limited materials on agricultural-zoned property while restricting the site from developing into a…
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