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Planning commission approves site-plan amendment to alter road-stipulation for Thompson Road distribution facility
Summary
The Pa uding County Planning Commission recommended approval of a site-plan and stipulation amendment, allowing an applicant to replace prior traffic stipulations with DOT-backed language requiring extension of a right-turn lane at Thompson Road and Billcrest Parkway.
The Pa uding County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of application 02/2002, a site-plan and stipulation amendment for a 14.67867-acre industrial parcel on the north side of Thompson Road east of Billcrest Parkway.
Applicant Jack Grewe, representing Hirend Development Partners LLC, said the requested change would remove stipulation 12 and replace or reword stipulation 11 so that curb, gutter, sidewalk and a center-turn-lane requirement would be amended to provide for construction and extension of a right-turn lane from the proposed site access to the existing right-turn lane at the Billcrest Parkway intersection. He said the revision reflects conversations with the Georgia Department of Transportation and is intended to reduce project costs and provide uniformity with surrounding improvements.
Staff told the commission it recommended approval of the removal of stipulation 12 and the reworded stipulation 11; staff said the rewording came from DOT staff. The applicant said the facility will serve as a grocery distribution hub that will distribute goods to homes, with an expected workforce of about 200 employees working in two shifts and an anticipated 15 to 20 truck visits per week. The applicant estimated the operation would aim to be operational by Nov. 1. The applicant said no hazardous materials would be stored on site.
Commissioners asked about delivery frequency, shift structure and vehicle types; the applicant said the site is designed to accommodate 18-wheel trucks and standard employee vehicles. No members of the public spoke in opposition and staff reported no calls of concern.
A motion to approve the site-plan/stipulation amendments passed and the commission will forward the recommendation to the Pa uding County Board of Commissioners; the item is scheduled for the Board’s April 8 meeting at 2 p.m. Final approval remains with the Board of Commissioners.
Because the transcript records the motion outcome as “motion passes four-zero-one,” the planning commission’s recommendation is recorded here as favorable with the vote described in the staff record; the Board of Commissioners will make the final determination.
