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Board accepts staff recommendation for truck‑service conditional use at 10040 Pensacola Boulevard
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The Escambia County Board of Adjustment accepted staff findings and approved a conditional use request to allow indoor heavy‑truck service at 10040 Pensacola Boulevard, subject to development‑review requirements and wellhead protections after residents raised compatibility and buffering concerns.
The Escambia County Board of Adjustment on Feb. 18 accepted staff findings and approved a conditional use request that would allow an indoor heavy‑truck service at 10040 Pensacola Boulevard, according to staff and meeting records.
Andrew Homer, of Escambia County Development Services, told the board the parcel lies on the east side of U.S. Highway 29 south of 10 Mile Road and is zoned commercial; staff concluded the proposed use meets the code’s conditional‑use criteria and recommended approval contingent on completion of the county’s development review and issuance of a development order. Homer noted the site sits within a 20‑year travel‑time contour to an ECUA well and said a wellhead‑impact report and related protections will be required during permitting.
Members of the public pressed the board on compatibility and buffering. Adrian Hammond, who gave his address as 9735 North Palafox Street, said the use is incompatible with an adjoining church and warned it would be “an eyesore on 29,” saying trailers appear to be stored on the lot already. Tammy Kirkland, who said she attends the nearby church, asked the board to clarify what the code means by limiting vehicle service to the interior of a building and requested specifics on buffering and fencing.
Will Dunaway, attorney for the applicant, emphasized to the board that the request is a conditional use allowed in the commercial district, not a variance. He said the applicant proposes a single metal shop building for indoor repairs of box trucks and similar vehicles and that preliminary plans would place the structure roughly 105 feet from the church property line. Dunaway and staff said outdoor paint and body work would be excluded under the county’s commercial‑zoning conditions and that any spills must be reported and remediated according to state environmental rules.
The board voted to accept staff’s findings as presented; the motion passed with no opposition. The approval means the use may move forward but still must complete the county’s development review committee process, where site‑specific conditions — including screening, setbacks, stormwater, and wellhead protections handled with ECUA and other agencies — will be finalized.
Code enforcement was identified as the avenue for any unpermitted outdoor storage observed before permitting. The board’s next meeting was set for March 18, when additional cases will be considered.
