Supervisors OK mulch, dirt sales at former Smithfield Glass & Mirror
Published 4:54 pm Thursday, August 4, 2022
- Owner Gerald Peade is proposing new uses for his now-vacant Smithfield Glass & Mirror automotive shop, specifically mulch and dirt sales behind the building. July 2022 file photo by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times
Isle of Wight County supervisors gave unanimous approval July 21 to a proposal for repurposing the vacant Smithfield Glass & Mirror automotive shop.
Gerald Peade of Prince George County filed paperwork in June for an amendment to the 1.25-acre property’s conditional zoning that would allow “full service” motor vehicle repair services and “garden center” uses, specifically retail sales of mulch and topsoil.
Peade proposes to lease the brick and metal building to a tenant and to construct an enclosed bulk mulch and topsoil sales and storage area behind the existing building.
The site is located on Courthouse Highway just outside the town of Smithfield. It was rezoned from agricultural general commercial to conditional business general in 1988 to allow for Smithfield Glass & Mirror to begin operating.
