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West Tupelo residents urge city to review process after convenience store and gas station construction begins
Summary
Residents in West Tupelo told the City Council they learned only after ground was broken that a convenience store and gas station were being built in the Clubside Commercial subdivision and asked the council to review the approvals process.
Residents in several West Tupelo neighborhoods told the City Council on May 6 that they were surprised and alarmed to learn a convenience store and gasoline station were under construction on lots in the Clubside Commercial subdivision.
The speakers said they discovered construction after the developer began work and argued the new station would increase traffic, noise and litter and hurt property values in adjacent subdivisions including Oak Meadows, Charleston Gardens, St. Andrews and Wendover.
Why it matters: Council members heard multiple residents ask whether the city could have prevented or altered the project and whether the development complied with the city’s development standards for stable transitions between commercial and residential areas.
City attorney Ben Logan told the council the property in question has been zoned commercial since 1994 and that the city’s development code treats a convenience…
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