Committee backs rezoning to allow vehicle storage stackers at Royal Motors site
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Summary
The committee recommended rezoning four parcels on Kisling Street to permit a consolidated vehicle storage and service operation, including four‑level stackers that would add roughly 200 net vehicle spaces and remove existing curb cuts; Planning had approved a conditional use authorization.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on March 1 recommended a zoning map amendment to allow a vehicle storage use and four‑level parking stackers at 118–134 Kisling Street to support Royal Motors’ consolidated service operation.
Alex Westhoff of the Planning Department described the proposal to reconfigure an existing motor vehicle repair operation by converting 8,069 square feet of vehicle storage into four‑level parking stackers (approximately 200 net new vehicle spaces), adding roughly 32‑foot‑tall metal screening on the Kisling Street frontage and removing a 46.5‑foot curb cut to improve pedestrian safety. The Planning Commission previously approved a conditional use authorization and recommended the rezoning.
John Kevlin, representing the project sponsor Royal Motors, said the change would allow the company to keep storage and service on site, eliminate the need to move cars to a remote garage and reduce curb cuts that currently cut across sidewalks. He said the operation currently employs about 88 service workers and that the redesign would improve neighborhood circulation and safety.
Committee members asked about outreach to the district supervisor’s office; Westhoff said Supervisor Haney’s office had been consulted and did not oppose the rezoning. Supervisor Dean Preston moved the recommendation; the committee voted to forward the rezoning to the full Board with a positive recommendation (Peskin, Preston and Melgar voted "aye").
The rezoning will proceed to the full Board for final consideration.
