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Council approves Murphy USA convenience store with fuel; developer pledges larger buffers and new sidewalk segment
Summary
The council approved a convenience-store-with-fuel application for a Murphy USA site. Developer Matt Peterson said the project increases buffers between homes and the store and will add a 150-foot sidewalk extension to connect a nearby neighborhood to Airline Avenue.
The Bossier City Council approved an ordinance to allow a convenience store with fuel at a site proposed for Murphy USA, following a developer presentation and questions from council members and residents.
Developer Matt Peterson identified himself as the developer and said the project will replace three existing lots (zoned B2, B3 and a residential lot). Peterson said the project increases the buffer between nearby residences and the store from between 0–5 feet to about 50 feet to the nearest structure and includes a 25-foot landscape buffer on both sides "adhering to the city code." He said Murphy runs corporate stores nationwide and will operate pumps and limited convenience items, without a hot grill or other full food-service operations.
Peterson said the company planned a pedestrian safety improvement after a neighbor raised concerns at the Metropolitan Planning Commission hearing: the project will extend about 150 feet of sidewalk along Airline Avenue and connect it into the residential street to improve access for roughly 28 homes in the nearby neighborhood. He said this site will be Murphy USA's second new-build store about one mile east of the recently opened site and that the developer expects to pursue five or six stores across the Shreveport–Bossier metropolitan area.
Council members asked whether residences on adjacent parcels would be removed; Peterson responded yes and confirmed the same developer group built a recent nearby convenience site. After public comment and council discussion the motion to adopt the ordinance carried on the record.
