Planning Commission recommends rezoning for Valvoline oil‑change site on Colonel Glen Highway

The Beavercreek City Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of PUD 25‑2, a rezoning that would allow a Valvoline Instant Oil Change facility at 3913 Colonel Glen Highway.

The recommendation, made at the commission’s March meeting, would rezone roughly 0.65 acres from B‑2 community business district to a commercial planned unit development (CPUD). The developer and applicant said the site would be redeveloped for a two‑bay Valvoline Instant Oil Change with six stacking spaces and nine parking spaces; staff recommended approval subject to six conditions.

Staff and the applicant framed the request as redevelopment of an underused parcel. Jonathan Woker, identifying himself as representing McBride del Clarion and Commercial Site Acquisitions (Casto Development), told commissioners the property currently contains a beverage drive‑through and vehicle storage lot and that the concept plan shows two driveways, one on Colonel Glen Highway and one on Germany Lane, expanded green space, and building elevations intended to meet the city’s architectural standards. "We believe this allows redevelopment of underutilized property," Woker said.

Why it matters: The rezoning would change permitted uses on a small parcel in a northwest pocket of the city near the Fairfield Commons mall and Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base, altering what can be built there and moving site‑level issues such as traffic access and hazardous‑waste handling to the later site‑plan review.

The staff presentation noted the request mirrors many B‑4 uses but narrows others through the CPUD, excluding about 32 specific uses in the draft conditions. Staff said a vehicle repair station aligns with the land‑use plan’s regional commercial office designation and recommended approval with conditions intended to address site layout, access, buffering and permitted uses.

Commission discussion and next steps: Commissioners asked staff and the applicant to return with a detailed site plan. Questions focused on access from Colonel Glen Hwy (whether full access is appropriate or should be limited), stacking and circulation for the service bays, and how used oil and other waste streams would be stored and disposed of. Staff and the applicant repeatedly said those items are addressed at the site‑plan stage: "That would be the site plan," staff said when asked about waste disposal and operational details.

There was no public comment at the hearing, and staff reported no written input had been received. The Planning Commission motioned to recommend approval of PUD 25‑2 with the six attached conditions; roll call showed approval by Mister Jones, Mister Fountain and Mister Meyer and the motion passed.

What happens next: If city council follows the commission’s recommendation, the applicant must return for a detailed site plan review where traffic access, stacking, final architecture, stormwater, and used‑oil storage and disposal will be evaluated and specific conditions applied.

Ending: Commissioners and staff emphasized the preliminary nature of the CPUD stage and repeated that operational details and any required environmental controls will be set at the site‑plan review.