Utica Plans to Open Car Rental Business
In Utica, N.Y., city zoning board members approved a plan to use the property on Oriskany Street as an auto rental business.
Photo via Wikimedia/Saffron Blaze
Photo via Wikimedia/Saffron Blaze
In Utica, N.Y., city zoning board members approved a plan to use the property on Oriskany Street as an auto rental business.
A proposition to open an auto rental business at Oriskany St. West in Utica, N.Y., was approved by the city’s zoning board of appeals, pending a parking plan for the location, according to a report by the Utica Observer-Dispatch.
Plans call for the location to be used for customers to pick up and drop off vehicle rentals from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, says the report.
The proposal was submitted by 525-527 Oriskany St. LLC/Angela Elefante. According to estimates provided by the applicant, approximately 60 vehicle rentals will be available on Monday and 20 rentals will be offered the rest of the week.
Click here to read the full Observer-Dispatch report.
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