The Applicant is requesting a Special Use Permit to allow truck repair within the I-2 General Industrial District. The business is a commercial trucking company that will provide inspection, maintenance, and repair services exclusively for the semi-tractors within its own fleet. SKI EXPRESS LLC currently operates a fleet of eight trucks. Repair services will not be offered to the public, and no repair or maintenance work will be performed on trailers. Freight will not be handled at this location. Approximately two to three semi-tractors will undergo maintenance at any given time. The proposed operations will occupy a 3,200-square-foot tenant space within a multi-tenant building. The Applicant will be the tenant on the premises and is authorized by the owner to make application for the Special Use Permit.
Staff recommends Approval of the Findings of Fact and therefore recommends Approval of the Special Use Permit subject to the following conditions:
- Repair work shall be limited to semi-tractors (a/k/a “bobtails”) owned or leased and operated by the Applicant.
- All repair activities must occur inside an enclosed building.
- All existing or proposed floor drains must be connected to a triple basin.
- All vehicles brought to the premises for repair shall be operable and capable of being driven onto the premises.
- Semi-tractors shall not be parked in designated passenger vehicle parking spaces or along the perimeter of the property.
- Outdoor storage of fleet vehicles is prohibited.
- No vehicles associated with this business shall be parked on the public streets.
- Vehicles may only use forward motion to enter and depart the property.
- Business operations shall be restricted to the provided hours of operation (7:00AM – 4:00PM Monday thru Friday).
- Additional parking spaces required for the use shall be striped in accordance with Village standards. A building permit shall be obtained for this work.
- The following shall be prohibited on the premises:
- Parking or storing junk and/or inoperable vehicles
- Body work and spray painting
- Operation of a motor vehicle emission test facility
- Repair and/or service on semi-truck trailers
- Frame straightening