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Plan Commission hears Panda Express primary plat; motion to approve made subject to staff conditions
Summary
The Greenwood Plan Commission considered the primary plat for a Panda Express at Greenwood Mall (PC 2024-022). The petitioner said drainage and stormwater measures were revised; a motion to approve the primary plat subject to staff comments was moved and seconded, but no vote tally appears in the provided transcript.
The Greenwood Plan Commission on Monday heard a public hearing item for PC 2024-022, a primary plat to create a lot for a Panda Express restaurant carved from the JCPenney parking lot at Greenwood Mall.
Lainie Cowden of Heights Center Architects, the petitioner's presenter, said the project previously had several continuances while the team worked through a primary plat and stormwater updates with the city's Planning and Zoning Department and a third-party reviewer, Commonwealth. Cowden said there were no changes to the building footprint, parking count, site access points or location; recent changes addressed drainage and stormwater to meet city standards.
"No changes to the building footprint or the location on the site. No changes to our access points on the site," Cowden said. Tim Shoemaker, on the project's civil team, told the commission the applicant supplied stormwater measures above the technical code where staff identified a need.
Planning staff said the submission is essentially a replat of an established lot—the JCPenney lot—subdividing it to add a commercial lot for Panda Express. Staff reported that they had resolved major concerns with stormwater and that remaining site-specific landscaping or access questions would be addressed during the commercial site plan review. Staff also noted they would consider a private-street waiver as part of the plat (most roads in the mall area are private) but were not prepared to consider landscaping waivers until the commercial site plan stage.
Commissioner King moved to approve the proposed primary plat for Panda Park Commercial Subdivision (PC 2024-022), "subject to the technical review committee condition that all staff comments are addressed," and Commissioner Walker seconded. The transcript supplied ends after the motion and second; a vote tally or final commission action on this motion is not recorded in the provided excerpt.
The petitioners said the site will include underground stormwater detention and a water-quality device and will add green space and curb improvements intended to reduce parking-lot cutting-through and vehicle speeds. Further detailed design, landscaping and waiver requests will come through the commercial site plan process if the plat is approved.
