JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown City Council unanimously approved a special-use permit on Monday for the property at 1512 Business Loop East, designating it as a temporary storage site for wrecked vehicles and those awaiting paperwork from the Jamestown Police Department or the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.

The permit applies to lots five and six of Lubeck’s First Addition. The stipulations include installing an 8-foot high opaque fence around the storage area to ensure that no vehicles are visible above the fence. The fence must be completed within one year of the permit issuance or within one year of the approval of a floodplain permit. Additionally, all impounded or damaged vehicles must be stored within the fenced area and outside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s preliminary 100-year floodplain. The permit also prohibits vehicle salvage activities, such as crushing, dismantling, stripping, and selling auto parts on-site, and the stacking of vehicles.

This decision follows a request made in December 2021 by Brian Hanson, owner of Budget Auto Sales & Service, to use the property as an outdoor motor vehicle storage area.