TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a Truck and Trailer Repair Facility, Located at 804 E. Cass Street (ZBA 2024-28)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner, Edvardas Kazlauskas, is requesting a Special Use Permit to allow a truck and trailer repair facility for EMT Truck Repair within the existing industrial building at 804 E. Cass Street. EMT Truck Repair performs general repair and maintenance on semi-trucks and trailers. The business has three employees and contracts with approximately four regional trucking companies to perform repair services on their fleets. The business is not open to the public. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.
The 1.6-acre subject site, which is zoned I-1 (light industrial), is located at the southwest corner of Cass Street and Bissell Street and contains a brick industrial building with three tenant spaces. EMT Truck Repair occupies the 11,000-square-foot western tenant space at 804 E. Cass Street. The interior contains a repair shop with 5 to 6 service bays and office space. The eastern tenant spaces at 111 and 113 Bissell Street are occupied by a tire repair facility (Krono's Tire Shop) and one other tenant. Krono's received approval of a Special Use Permit for a tire facility in 2012 and has its own dedicated parking on the east side of the building along Bissell Street. The site contains an asphalt parking area on the south side of the building that is accessed off Bissell Street and can hold approximately 15 trucks with trailers and 6 passenger cars. The two Bissell Street tenants use only 3 trailer spaces within the onsite parking lot. The trucking companies served by EMT drop off and pick up their trucks from the site's parking area via Bissell Street.
EMT Truck Repair has been at this location for around three years. The owners were recently notified by the City's Business Services Division that they would need a bu...
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