STAFF REPORT
Public Hearing Dates
Planning and Zoning Public Hearing: March 25, 2019
Mayor and Council Public Hearing: April 1, 2019
File #: PZ 19-014
APPLICATION: Special Use, City initiated APPLICANT: William Smith
PETITION: The applicant is requesting a Special Use approval for a convenient store with fuel pumps in the Community Retail Commercial (CRC) zoning district.
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST: Convenience store with fuel pump requires a Special Use approval in the CRC zoning district as required by Table 2-3 of the Unified Development Code.
LOCATION: Land Lots 869, 19th Districts, Powder Springs, Georgia. Parcel #: 19086900360
ACRES: Approximately 4.05 acres
CURRENT ZONING: Neighborhood Retail Commercial District (NRC)
PROPOSED ZONING: Community Retail Commercial (CRC), concurrent application
RECOMENDATION: Approval
Location Map
Background:
The subject site is located at the intersection of Carter Road and Powder Springs Road within the Neighborhood Retail Commercial (NRC) zoning district. There is currently a rezoning request application (PZ 19-013) and a variance application (PZ 19-015) filed concurrently with this Special Use application. The rezoning application currently filed is to rezone from Neighborhood Retail Commercial (NRC) to Community Retail Commercial (CRC) zoning district to accommodate a convenience store with fuel pumps, restaurant with drive-through and a retail establishment. The variance application is to reduce the landscape buffer width from 40 feet to 32 feet. Based on Table 2-3 of the Unified Development Code convenience store with fuel pumps require a Special Use approval hence the reason for this application.
Prior to this Special Use application, in 2008 a proposed shopping center was proposed for this site that was permitted by-right within the NRC zoning district. However, a variance was sought to reduce the 50 foot landscape buffer width to a minimum of 32 feet along the southern boundary. The varianc...
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