A "Back to the Future" plan has been recommended for approval by Arreton Parish Council.
It wants the Isle of Wight Council to give permission for the former Blackwater Service Station to again become a garage.
In more recent years it has been a plant and haulage depot for Reynolds and Read but has been disused for two years.
The latest plan is for it to become Leslie's Garage, incorporating a car showroom, workshop and covered valet area.
The parish council wants the Isle of Wight Council to grant permission but subject to conditions to control lighting in the rural area and make it subject to a curfew so as not to disturb nearby residents.
The council wants a 30mph limit after councillors expressed concern about the speed of traffic and visibility.
Councillors also want a bat survey to be extended to a timber-framed building on the site and for disabled access from the nearby cycle track to be created.
They want safeguards over noise, drainage and potential pollution of the nearby stream.
The reservations were expressed by Cllr John Orchard who also said the Hyundai brown and silver branded colour for the site was not suitable for an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Isle of Wight Council ward member Clare Mosdell said the road had in the past not been considered suitable for a 30mph limit but was being freshly looked at for that and traffic calming after an inspection by Island Roads.
"As the staff member took photographs he was almost run over, " said Cllr Mosdell.
Cllr Ali Hayden said the council should support a successful Island business creating more jobs in a move from their premises in College Close, Sandown, which were "overrun."