The following information was among that presented during the department review meeting:
• The project is expected to employ approximately 44 people including 24 certifiedtechnicians (mechanics) and service support staff, 10 sales employees, 5 servicesupport staff, 2 sales support staff and 3 managers. The Petitioner indicated there willbe no more than 30 employees on a shift at any given time.
• There will be 16 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on the site which the Petitionerindicated would be used by employees and customers and for charging batteries ofvehicles that are in for repair.
• The planned hours of operation for the facility are 8 am to 7 pm Monday throughSaturday and 11 am to 6 pm on Sundays. A second shift might be added at some point and that change would obviously extend these hours.
• The retail sales portion of the building would occupy about 6,700 sq. ft. of the total50,500 sq. ft. Only 2 vehicles would be kept on display for sale purposes on the property, and no inventory of vehicles available for sale would be kept on site.
• The repair aspect of the operation will have 58 service bays and occupy an unknown amount of floor space. Repair/maintenance services that will be provided on site are software updates, tire balancing and alignments, minor body work, and battery replacements.
• The Petitioner also intends to use some amount of floor space for storage, but the floor area devoted to this use and the types of materials to be stored in the building were notspecified.
• According to the plans, zoning will require a total of 400 parking spaces be provided(34 for the retail sales and 366 for “other uses”). The plan shows a total of 400 parking spaces on site, with 273 spaces on the ground and 127 located on the roof of the building.
• Aside from the delivery of vehicles to the site, the operation is expected to need deliveries twice a day and more often that toward the end of each calendar quarter.
