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Smyrna BZA OKs retail use at 100 G Street with parking conditions
Summary
The Smyrna Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception to allow a general retail trade use in a PUD at 100 G Street, subject to staff conditions requiring on-site parking be brought into compliance before operations.
The Smyrna Board of Zoning Appeals on May 20 approved a special exception to allow a general retail trade use at 100 G Street, a property in a planned unit development owned by Joseph Goodman, with staff conditions that required the site to meet parking requirements before the business opens.
The decision matters because the property is in a PUD that allows certain industrial uses and the conversion to a retail showroom raises parking and circulation issues for nearby commercial and industrial properties. Staff recommended approval contingent on the applicant providing the ordinance-required parking on site prior to operation.
Mitch, a town planning staff member, described the project as “a special exception request to allow a general retail trade use in a PUD” located at 100 G Street and said the building is roughly 40,500 square feet. He told the board that the applicant’s plan was “approximately 30% retail, showroom space and roughly 70% warehouse,” which staff translated to about 12,150 square feet of retail and 28,350 square feet of warehouse. Staff calculated the site would require 58 parking spaces (49 for the retail portion, nine for warehouse) while 32 striped spaces currently exist on site.
Applicant Sean Miller said the business would operate as a liquidator and described the intended retail mix: “we sell a lot of Wayfair, Home Depot, general merchandise… 50% furniture, home goods, and then some outdoor equipment.” Miller said the operation would combine two buildings into one structure with a larger warehouse portion and a smaller retail showroom.
Mitch told the board he had contacted the applicant before the meeting and that the applicant “is willing to go ahead and open up more of the space behind the current existing fenced area to allow for future parking spaces.” Staff recommended that, if approved, a condition be added requiring the parking required by the zoning ordinance to be in place prior to operations.
No members of the public spoke for or against the request during the public hearing. A board member moved to approve the request with staff comments; the motion was seconded and approved with all voting in favor.
The approval allows the applicant to proceed toward permits, subject to the board’s condition that on-site parking be expanded to meet the municipal zoning ordinance before business operations commence. Permitting and any site modifications must follow normal town review and inspections.
