File # PZ 20-026
APPLICATION: Special Use Hand Car Wash, Joel Soto-Diaz
PETITION: The applicant, Joel Soto-Diaz, is initiating a Special Use approval to allow a Hand Car wash within an existing automated car wash.
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST: Permitted and Special Use Table (Table 2-3) requires a Special Use approval for a car wash in the Community Retail Commercial (CRC) zoning district.
LOCATION: 3265 Florence Road, Land Lots 732, 19th Districts, Powder Springs, Georgia.
ACRES: 1.43 acres, Parcel ID #: 19073200190 Zoning: Community Retail Commercial (CRC)
Staff Recommendation: Approval
Prepared By: Community Development
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Background Information:
The applicant is proposing a hand car wash within an existing automated car wash facility located at 3265 Florence Road. The subject site falls within the Community Retail Commercial (CRC) zoning district which consists of a gas station, convenience store and an existing automated car wash. This facility was built in 2000 which at the time allowed for car washes within the CRC zoning district. The current code that has been updated in 2015 does not allow for car washes within the CRC zoning district thus making the car wash a legal non-conforming use. Per Section 1-64 of the Unified Development Code "a legal non-conforming use shall not be re-established after discontinuance or abandonment for 6 months' The owner of the car wash has indicated that the automated car wash has seized operation for more than two (2) year. Therefore, for the carwash to reopen a Special Use approval will be required per Table 2-3 (Permitted and Special Uses in Mixed-Use and Non-residential Zoning Districts).
Staff is recommending approval as the CRC zoning district is intended to implement the "community activity center" future development established by the Comprehensive Plan. The main intent of the CRC zoning district is to accommodate commercial uses serving a citywide or regional market. The proposed request meet...
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