Applicant asks board to allow used-car sales at 2019 Oxford State Road; staff flags missing zoning certificate

Dylan Mohammed asked the board to allow automotive sales at 2019 Oxford State Road, telling the panel the property had been operating as a used-car lot before he bought it and that he holds a state dealer’s license. City staff told the board it has no record of a certificate of zoning compliance or a certificate of occupancy for automotive sales at the site and said a notice of violation was sent to the prior owner in February 2024.

The variance request is to permit automotive sales and leasing on land zoned R‑4, a district that staff said does not permit that use under Middletown’s development code. Staff’s presentation reviewed the BZA’s variance criteria and said the proposed use is not a permitted R‑4 use; staff additionally summarized use‑specific standards for automotive sales that…