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Planning commission allows motor-vehicle sales at Mansker Creek site but limits sales to rental fleet
Summary
The Planning Commission approved adding motor-vehicle sales as an accessory use at Mansker Creek (1220 Centerpoint Road) but restricted sales to Track C and limited car sales to no more than one-third of paved parking, tying the use to a primary rental/leasing operation.
The Hendersonville Planning Commission approved adding "motor vehicle dealership" as an allowed use to the Mansker Creek final development plan for Track C (1220 Centerpoint Road) while placing limits intended to prevent a standalone used-car lot at the city gateway.
Lead planner Zachary Coleman told the commission the site is 23.18 acres and that the amended FDP, approved recently, would need this use added for a prospective occupant to operate. "Based on conversations with the applicant, there's a business, a large scale rental business that's interested in developing Track C into a motor vehicle rental establishment," Coleman said, adding that the company would sometimes sell used fleet vehicles.
The applicant's representative, Ryan Woodson of Bard Civil Associates, said the owner and prospective tenant agreed to confine motor vehicle sales to Track C. "We are amenable to just designating this particular use to Track C, and, you know, kind of forfeiting that use on any of the other tracks," Woodson said at the podium.
Several commissioners raised traffic and gateway concerns. Commissioner Slattery warned about growth at the Centerpoint Road/Main Street approach and asked whether access would be from Main Street; Woodson said at least one existing curb cut on Main Street would remain. Commissioner Slattery said she was "concerned that this little tiny piece of land" at the city's entrance could become a used-car lot if the use were not tightly tied to the rental operation.
Staff and commissioners discussed a compromise that would allow fleet sales only as an accessory use related to a primary rental or leasing business and would cap the accessory sales to a fixed portion of site parking. Planning staff noted typical accessory thresholds and suggested measuring accessory sales as a fraction of paid paved parking. After discussion, the commission adopted a motion limiting motor-vehicle sales to Track C and making sales an accessory use occupying no more than one-third (33%) of the site’s paved parking spaces; the electronic vote recorded the motion as passing with 8 yeses.
Why it matters: the site fronts the city’s gateway; commissioners said they supported economic activity but wanted to prevent a future, freestanding sales lot that would conflict with Westlake District design goals.
What happens next: the restriction will be reflected in the final plan development approval and staffing will enforce the condition during site-plan review and building permitting.
