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Planning Commission approves O'Reilly Auto Parts at Charlotte Hall Commons; developer says traffic improvements complete
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a 7,492-square-foot O'Reilly Auto Parts store at Charlotte Hall Commons, with the developer saying required traffic improvements and infrastructure have already been completed as part of a prior master traffic study.
The St. Mary's County Planning Commission on Sept. 22 approved concept site plan CSP25-0065 to allow a 7,492-square-foot O'Reilly Auto Parts store (use type 77) on a 1.25-acre lot at 29770 Charlotte Hall Commons Way in Charlotte Hall.
Staff presented findings that the proposed retail use is permitted in the site's TMX (town center mixed use) zoning district and complies with the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance's site-plan, landscaping (15% minimum), parking and stormwater standards. Staff entered the report into the record as Exhibit 2.
Daniel Evans of Boller Engineering and developer John Parlett (Parlett Affiliated Companies) represented the applicant. Evans described the site plan: a 7,492-square-foot retail building, 30 parking spaces, two micro-bio-retention stormwater facilities, pedestrian and bicycle circulation, and private septic service for the unit.
Parlett told the commission that a traffic impact study performed during earlier phases of Charlotte Hall Commons anticipated the site and required road and signal improvements along Maryland Route 5 and the John Knight Drive intersection. He said the developer completed the state and county highway improvements, including a traffic signal at Route 5 and John Knight Drive and related safety work at Golden Beach Road and the MD 5/6 intersection. "All of our state highway work that was required to be completed before Sheetz use and occupancy was issued was done," Parlett said, noting Sheetz opened Sept. 11. He added the larger traffic study apportioned trips to remaining lots and that the O'Reilly project fits within those assumptions.
Evans and Parlett also described stormwater design: each lot will provide on-site treatment that connects to a conveyance system installed along 3 Notch Road and ultimately to an adequate outfall; the O'Reilly site uses two micro-bio-retention basins consistent with recently completed units in the development.
No members of the public testified for or against the application. Commissioner comments praised the completeness of the stormwater submission and the developer's proactive completion of roadway and drainage improvements. The commission approved the concept site plan with the condition that any road improvements required by the state and county be completed concurrent with issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
The approval permits the applicant to proceed with detailed plan submissions required by county review and to seek permits; the transcript does not show a proposed construction start date or building permit issuance.
