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Board approves used‑car sales permit in Mechanicsville with new paving and storage limits
Summary
The board granted a conditional use permit to allow used‑car sales at a Mechanicsville Turnpike site (CUP 2024‑023), limiting display to 32 vehicles, banning inoperable 'junk' cars, and adopting an amendment requiring the vehicle display area and driveway be paved with asphalt.
The Hanover County Board of Supervisors approved a conditional use permit (CUP 2024‑023) on Oct. 22 to allow used car sales at a previously developed property in Mechanicsville Village, subject to 14 conditions and an amendment requiring paving of the vehicle display area and driveway with asphalt.
Deputy Planning Director Andrew Pompey summarized staff recommendations and the sketch plan: the site is in a suburban center (B‑3) and the CUP would limit vehicle displays to 32 cars, reserve five spaces for customers and employees, require specific landscaping and site improvements, prohibit attention‑getting devices and outdoor speakers, remove a prominent dumpster and limit signage to six feet in height. Pompey noted the Planning Commission recommended approval, 7–0.
Board members pressed for clarifications on three issues: that any on‑site storage building be used only for the approved car sales business, that 'damaged vehicles' be defined consistent with the county's ordinance (i.e., inoperable or junk vehicles would be prohibited), and that the display area and driveway be paved. Mr. Hudson moved to approve the CUP with conditions and specifically amended condition 12 to require that the driveway and entire vehicle storage area be paved with asphalt; the motion carried by voice vote.
Applicant representatives — attorney Scott Courtney and owner/operator Mark Claggett (All Right, Inc.) — said they understood and accepted the conditions. Claggett noted he currently has inventory and said he has invested in improvements to the lot. He told the board he had no problem complying with the restrictions.
The permit requires submission and approval of a site plan before any sales or permanent storage may continue; vehicles classified as inoperable under the ordinance are not permitted to be displayed or stored for sale.
Next steps: the applicant must submit a conforming site plan and complete required improvements within the time frames in the conditions before full operations commence.
