STAFF REPORT
Public Hearing Dates
Planning and Zoning Public Hearing: February 25, 2019
Mayor and Council Public Hearing: March 4, 2019
File #: PZ 19-008
APPLICATION: Special Use, City initiated
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: Convenient 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
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 19-007) 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. Based on Table 2-3 convenient store with fuel pumps requires a Special Use approval hence the reason for this application.
Prior to this 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 to a minimum of 32 feet along the southern boundary. The variance was approved with conditions in January 7, 2009. Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the list of approved conditions.
According to the Memorandum of Understating (MOA) signed between the existing owners and the City (See Exhibit 2), ...
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