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Planning commission backs CarMax plan to bring used‑car sales to New York Street, with landscaping trade‑off
Summary
The commission recommended City Council approval of a CarMax used‑vehicle dealership and reconditioning facility at New York Street and Brockton Avenue, approving the specific plan amendment and entitlements while amending a staff condition to require a 6‑foot decorative screening wall (instead of 8 feet) and additional landscaping.
The Redlands Planning Commission on June 11 recommended that the City Council approve a proposed CarMax used‑vehicle dealership and ancillary reconditioning facility on roughly 18 acres at New York Street and Brockton Avenue, subject to an amendment negotiated at the hearing that reduces staff’s recommended rear‑yard screen wall from 8 feet to 6 feet and adds a condition requiring the applicant to work with staff on enhanced landscape screening.
Staff planner Ryan Murphy summarized the application, which would add used‑vehicle sales as a primary permitted use within a portion of the East Valley Corridor specific plan and approve related site improvements. Murphy described a 4,958‑square‑foot sales building, a 39,621‑square‑foot reconditioning/service building, an on‑site car wash and quality…
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