Orange County planning commission recommends special-use permit for small-engine repair business, drops two entrance conditions

The Orange County Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval of special-use permit SUP-202500420 to allow Dunright Small Engine Repair LLC to operate a roughly 1,000-square-foot small-engine repair shop at 15672 Mountain Track Road.

Planning staff described the parcel as tax map 58-12C, about 3 acres in size, in an Agricultural A2 future land-use category. "The applicants are requesting a special use permit, in order to operate a small business, Dunright Small Engine Repair LLC," planning staff member Joe Ryan said during the public hearing.

The commission's action removes two recommended conditions from the draft resolution: one that would have required removal of a middle driveway entrance and another that would have required improvements to the southern entrance to meet VDOT Appendix F commercial-entrance standards. Commissioners debated sight-distance and access needs for the site before the vote.

Why it matters: the parcel is zoned agricultural, and the county's land-use plan lists scattered community commercial uses such as auto repair as compatible with the A2 designation. The applicant proposed operational and environmental safeguards, including on-site waste-fluid storage and a stormwater pollution prevention…