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Commission backs Providence Central PUD amendment to restore outside material and equipment sales, urges limits on visible trailers and containers
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the commission gave a positive recommendation for a PUD amendment to restore by‑right uses allowing outside material/equipment sales in Providence Central, but commissioners urged conditions prohibiting trailers, containers and prefab displays in parking lots.
Mount Juliet — The Planning Commission on Nov. 20 recommended that the Board of Commissioners approve a PUD amendment for Providence Central to restore certain uses — specifically outside material/equipment sales and repair yards — that were originally allowed by right when the PUD was adopted.
Staff said the amendment is intended to return those uses on specific parcels to the zoning pool to accommodate a national retailer that needs outside material storage (e.g., lumber and plants). Jill (planning staff) described the change as limited to specific parcels within the CMU portion of the PUD and recommended a positive recommendation back to the Board of Commissioners.
Multiple commissioners signaled conditional support but asked that the BOC consider explicit restrictions to avoid unsightly parking-lot displays and to reduce nuisance risks: suggested conditions included prohibitions on 18‑wheel tractor‑trailers and shipping containers being left in retail parking areas, no temporary trailers or prefab sales structures in primary customer areas, and requirements that any outdoor storage be fenced, screened and placed behind the building or in a designated, approved area. Commissioners referenced local examples where trailers and temporary displays became visual or maintenance problems and suggested similar stipulations be part of the BOC consideration.
The Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation with those suggestions to the Board of Commissioners.
What’s next: The amendment will go to the Board of Commissioners with the commission’s suggested conditions for consideration and potential inclusion in any approval ordinance or associated conditions of approval.
