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Special Use - Car Wash; Kevin Cunningham; 3930 Austell Powder Springs Road, LL 904,
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Background:
Kevin M. Cunningham Jr. (applicant) has made application for Special Use at 3930 Austell Powder
Springs Road for the purpose of operating a car wash/detailing business on site. (Please see attached
aerial photo view). Applicant proposes to utilize the existing car wash structure on site to operate this
business. Site and surrounding properties are zoned Community Retail Commercial (CRC). (Please see
attached zoning map).
The applicant is agreeable to the following stipulations if the application for special use is approved:
? Maximum of 5 vehicles to be stored/detailed on site at one time. More specific queuing/parking
plan to be provided to Community Development Director prior to opening.
? All vacuuming/washing/detailing activities to be conducted within existing car wash structure on
site (including associated materials such as buckets, towels, etc.).
? Proposed signage for the business to be consistent with the Powder Springs Unified
Development Code (UDC).
Applicable Unified Development Code and Staff Analysis:
Sec. 13-38. Criteria for Special Use Decisions. Applications for special use shall provide a written analysis
comparing the proposed action with the criteria in this section. The planning commission and the
governing body will take into consideration these standards in making a recommendation and decision,
respectively, on a special use application.
(a) Whether the proposed special use is consistent with the stated purpose of the zoning district in
which it will be located; It is staff's opinion that the applicant's use could serve a citywide market and
has appropriate access as specified in Section 2-24 of the UDC.
(b) Whether the establishment of the special use will impede the normal and orderly development of
surrounding property for uses predominate in the area; It is staff's opinion that the applicant's intention
of using an existi...
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