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Gary City council schedules public hearing for proposed convenience store and fuel station amid zoning, environmental and safety questions
Summary
The Gary City Council agreed to set a public hearing for March 18 on a petitioner’s request to open a convenience store with fueling at an R3/B1-zoned site after council members asked staff for comparisons, security plans and environmental information.
The Gary City Council on an agenda item concerning a proposed convenience store with fueling set a public hearing for March 18, after council members requested additional information on comparable stations, zoning allowances and environmental concerns.
Council members pressed the petitioner and City Attorney Molina for details about other similar stations in nearby communities and about neighborhood responses; Attorney Molina said staff would provide addresses and B1 allowable-use information by email. President Latham, citing the B1 limited retail district, listed possible non-gas uses for the site as examples of what the zoning would permit if the station were not approved.
Why it matters: The petition touches on land-use questions…
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