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Planning advisory board approves Caliber Collision outdoor storage expansion with new screening condition
Summary
The Kissimmee Planning Advisory Board approved a conditional use to expand outdoor vehicle storage at Caliber Collision (1855 S. John Young Pkwy) and add off-site employee parking at 1901 S. John Young Pkwy, subject to an amended condition requiring a solid wooden fence and other conditions.
The Planning Advisory Board on March 18 unanimously approved a conditional-use/site-plan change allowing Caliber Collision to expand outdoor vehicle storage at 1855 South John Young Parkway and to use off-site employee parking at 1901 South John Young Parkway.
City staff recommended approval with one notable modification to condition 14 to require a solid wooden fence around the new outdoor storage area and to account for the existing black fabric mesh used on the north side of the site. The board discussed past code enforcement at the property and whether the expansion would simply legalize previously unscreened storage.
A city staff member explained that the existing outdoor storage on the north side is about 2,800 square feet and the proposed west-side expansion adds about 3,054 square feet, bringing the total outdoor storage area close to the land-development-code limit for the property. The staff member said that visible outdoor storage is restricted by screening requirements — generally a six-foot barrier — and that unscreened, inoperable vehicles may be subject to short-term limitations enforced by code enforcement (staff noted there can be a 24–48 hour restriction when vehicles are unscreened).
Joe Thacker, representing the applicant, told the board the company agreed to all conditions including the amended condition 14, refreshed the site landscaping and pledged to maintain it. "They have told them how important that is to make sure they keep doing that and they have assured me that they will," Thacker said. He added the business provides local jobs and said at least six employees earn over $100,000.
Board members also asked whether off-site parking at 1901 South John Young Parkway would be used for customer drop-off; staff said the off-site lot will be limited to employees and that customer parking and vehicle drop-offs would occur at the main site behind the outdoor storage area.
After discussion the board moved, seconded and voted to approve the conditional use with the amended conditions. The chair announced the motion passed unanimously.
The applicant will proceed under the amended conditions; the board and staff flagged that code enforcement and screening must be monitored to ensure stored vehicles remain out of public view.
