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Brook Park planning committee advances Circle K conditional-use permit to council despite traffic and zoning objections
Summary
After more than an hour of debate about traffic, zoning and public-safety impacts, Brook Park’s planning committee voted 4-3 to place a proposed conditional-use permit for a 24-hour Circle K at 20850 Sheldon Road on the next council agenda for a final up-or-down vote.
The Brook Park planning committee voted to send a resolution seeking a conditional-use permit for a 24-hour Circle K convenience store at 20850 Sheldon Road to the full City Council for a vote after a lengthy caucus debate.
Councilman Bridal Poindexter, chair of the committee, and other members framed the issue as a technical and policy question under the city’s zoning code: the property is in a U-6 zone that does not list gas stations among allowed uses, so the applicant has asked for a conditional use permit and the planning commission recommended approval with conditions. Poindexter said the city’s finance numbers undermine the argument that a new gas station would be a major revenue source: "I think the idea that this is gonna be an economic…
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