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18425 Weaver Used Car Lot Site Plan Appeal

At a glance

  • What: Jarren Young appealed BSEED's denial of a site plan to change the use of an existing 3,920 sq ft building at 18425 Weaver (M2 restricted industrial, Council District 7) to a used motor vehicle sales room (BZA case 2026-00057, SLU 2026-00052).
  • Where it stands: A motion to uphold the denial tied 3-3 on October 12, so the board took the case under advisement until its October 26 meeting, to be heard after that day's cases.

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2026-10-12 - Board of Zoning Appeals

BSEED denied the site plan, after three reviews, on August 20, 2026 for the plans resubmitted July 17: the site is too small for the combined uses, spacing from five to six nearby vehicle sales and service uses (three within 1,000 ft) is an over-concentration, the display area cannot hold the required 12 used vehicles with aisles, there is no 5 ft pedestrian walkway, and there are no parts, fluid or refuse facilities. The petitioner said he now wants to drop the light-duty repair, contract repairs out, add a rear customer entrance, and sell largely online, and that he had been unable to resubmit changed drawings. City attorneys said the board reviews only the plans BSEED decided, that new plans must go back to BSEED as a new site plan review, and that BSEED could act on them in about a month. BSEED staff said the proposal falls between a Class B used dealer and a Class W wholesaler, and that inoperable stored vehicles would count as a junkyard. One member spoke in support. The chair favored reversing so the petitioner could amend without starting over; a member moved to uphold, and the vote was 3 yes (Carr, Osborne, Roberts) and 3 no (Johnson, Bowman, Parker). The law department advised that a tie neither upholds nor reverses, and the case was held under advisement for absent members.

2026-10-19 - Board of Zoning Appeals

The administrator said members would receive the October 12 recording and vote on the case the following week, because the earlier vote did not carry. No discussion of the merits.