TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a Truck and Trailer Parking and Storage Lot, Located West of Vera Court, South of Oak Leaf Street (ZBA 2025-46)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and property owner, Montana Investments LLC, is requesting a Special Use Permit to allow a truck and trailer parking and storage lot in the I-1 (light industrial) district within an existing industrial subdivision, located on the west side of Vera Court south of Oak Leaf Street. The proposed parking lot would contain around 26 trailer stalls and 38 passenger vehicle stalls. The owner plans to use the site primarily for overflow parking for nearby industrial properties also under their ownership, such as the adjacent warehouses at 540 - 600 Joyce Road. According to the petitioner, there is limited parking at the Joyce Road site and at other sites within the vicinity.
The property is located within the Oak Leaf Center industrial subdivision, which contains a mix of light industrial and commercial uses such as contractors, fabricators, and manufacturing facilities. The 2.1-acre subject site comprises three parcels on the southwest side of Vera Court that were developed with a gravel parking area and storage yard in 2011. Based on aerial photos, the site was mainly used for the storage of building materials until it was purchased in 2024 by the current owner. The site has two existing access points off Vera Court. The lots are enclosed by a solid 8-foot fence on the east and a chain-link fence on the other three sides. There is an existing detention basin on the south end of the site that was installed in 2011 when the gravel lot was constructed. The current owner recently paved the gravel area with asphalt and a concrete landing gear pad.
As part of this petition, the petitioner requested Variations from the landscaping regulations that apply to the development of the si...
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