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Owner seeks temporary alternative to full paving for PackRight RV/boat storage; board asks staff to explore options before Nov. 3
Summary
The Board of Aldermen opened a public hearing on a special-use permit for RV and boat storage at 1640 West Mechanic Street and discussed whether the city should require immediate concrete or accept temporary surfacing alternatives while the site is later redeveloped.
The Board of Aldermen opened a public hearing on a special-use permit for RV and boat storage at 1640 West Mechanic Street and heard several detailed exchanges about a city requirement that the storage area be surfaced with a hard, impervious material before use.
Christina Stanton, community development director, summarized the property’s planning history and said the proposed use is allowed in the Service Business (C-2) district with a special-use permit. Staff recommended approval with two conditions: the applicant must install the required pavement improvements specified in the municipal code prior to using the space for the proposed use, and the special-use permit term should be 10 years, after which a new permit would be required.
Bryce Renner, owner of Scribe Storage, asked the board to consider waiving or delaying the immediate concrete requirement for the portion of the site proposed for open RV/boat storage. Renner said his short-term goal is to utilize unused land to generate revenue while the larger mini-storage development is phased in and that installing permanent concrete now would require removing and replacing large concrete slabs later when building foundations are installed. Renner told the board he preferred lower-cost, reversible surface options such as compacted asphalt millings or chip-and-seal for the temporary period.
Board members and staff discussed the precise extent of the pavement requirement (limited to the area that will be used for storage, not the gravel public road) and the technical standard (four inches compacted base with asphalt or concrete or equivalent). One speaker read a cost calculation for two acres of concrete ($566,280) but the record did not attribute that figure to a specific named staffer in the packet. Council members asked staff to work with the applicant to identify acceptable alternative surfaces and to report back at the second reading on Nov. 3.
Christina Stanton said staff will review alternatives and meet with the applicant; the first reading of council bill 64 was held and the board did not vote on final approval at this meeting.
