The Planning Commission approved a final plat to subdivide about 5.72 acres in Robinson Crossing Area 9 into two commercial lots, preserving required buffers and cross‑access easements.

Planning staff walked commissioners and the new commissioner through the project’s history: Robinson Crossing’s project text (a PUD) was approved by DeSoto County in February 2004 and annexed into Olive Branch in 2021. Staff made clear the commission’s authority is limited to subdivision review and that zoning and uses remain those specified in the project text.

Staff warned commissioners and the applicant about recent changes to city rules affecting convenience stores with fuel pumps. The staff presentation noted an updated city regulation dated Dec. 17, 2024, that subjects convenience stores with fuel pumps in planned developments to conditional use permit requirements, but also preserves vesting for developments that meet specified milestones. To retain vesting for a convenience store with fuel pumps, staff said, a preliminary plan must be approved by June 30, 2025, a final plan recorded by Sept. 30, 2025, civil plans approved by the end of the year, building permits pulled by March of the next year and construction completed by Dec. 31, 2027.

The applicant, Byron Houston of Houston Engineering, told the commission he believes the two‑lot configuration substantially conforms to the PUD and asked for approval; he said the owner may adjust plans later if needed. “We believe that we conform to the PUD, and we would appreciate y'all’s approval,” Houston said.

Staff’s review focused on bulk requirements, setbacks and availability of utilities, and noted the project text requires a 20‑foot buffer and a 6‑foot fence with brick columns where commercial adjoins residential. Commissioners voted to recommend Board of Mayor and Aldermen approval of the final plat subject to staff conditions 1–6.

The commission’s approval addresses only subdivision and not the future uses that may be proposed for the lots; any use requiring a conditional use permit or other permit remains subject to separate review and the vesting requirements staff described.