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Findlay planning panel approves 6-pump gas station at West Main Cross with safety conditions
Summary
The City of Findlay Planning Commission approved a site plan for a six-pump gas station at 1100 West Main Cross Street after tense debate over truck access and public safety. Approval was conditional on a six-foot masonry wall, engineering review of on-site truck maneuvering, and a right-out-only exit with a physical barrier.
The City of Findlay Planning Commission on July 10 approved a site plan to convert an abandoned car wash at 1100 West Main Cross Street into a six-pump gas station and convenience store, with conditions intended to address truck access and neighborhood impacts. The commission approved the proposal 3–1.
Commission staff told the panel the 0.603-acre parcel is zoned C-2 General Commercial and lies at the edge of a residential R-3 neighborhood. Staff recommended denial after reviewing revised truck turning drawings that showed delivery vehicles would need to swing into opposing traffic to maneuver on the site. "From the truck turning movement drawing, it seems the site is restricting a lot of movements from the delivery trucks, and they would need to swing into opposing traffic to enter the site," a staff member said during the hearing.
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