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Planning Commission approves Martin Palmer truck terminal site plan after PD-text lane dispute
Summary
Glynn County planning commissioners approved a site plan for an auto-transport terminal at 351 Martin Palmer Drive after staff and the applicant agreed the PD (planned development) text would be amended to make required acceleration/deceleration lanes conditional on future engineering findings.
The Glynn County Mainland Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a site plan for two new buildings — an administrative building and a maintenance shop — at the Hansen & Atkins auto-transport facility at 351 Martin Palmer Drive.
The action came after discussion about the planned development (PD) text for the area, which currently requires acceleration and deceleration lanes for truck terminals. Stephanie Lee, Glynn County planning and zoning director, told the commission the county’s engineers reviewed the site and “concurred with the 2018 determination as well, that these are not warranted.” Lee said staff will work with the applicant on “a plan development amendment … to add in language that would say, you know, if required by the county engineer,” making lanes conditional on future engineering determinations.
The PD-text issue drew repeated concerns from a commissioner who said parcel owners bought into the PD expecting the original conditions to remain and urged that property owners be notified before any PD-text changes. Commissioners discussed options including tabling the site plan until the PD-text amendment and notice process were complete; staff and the applicant explained that the amendment could be handled before building permits are issued if that is required. Pete Schonauer, representing the applicant, estimated retrofitting acceleration/deceleration lanes later could “be in the hundreds of thousands. Between a hundred and a hundred and 50,000,” if pipe and ditch work were needed.
After the exchange, a motion to approve the site plan “as presented” — i.e., without the lanes shown on the plans and with the PD-text amendment to be handled separately — passed on a 7-0 vote.
The commission’s approval allows the applicant to move forward with building permits so long as any later PD-text amendment or engineering condition is satisfied before permits are issued.
The commission record shows no members of the public spoke for or against the site plan during the public hearing.
Planning staff said the property has been used as a vehicle terminal since about 2018 and that the project includes Type E buffering along Martin Palmer and maintenance of two existing access points off Martin Palmer and Southport Parkway.
