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Commission approves rezoning for cookie-production facility on Rocky Ridge Road
Summary
The Jefferson County Commission voted to rezone a property on Rocky Ridge Road from CP (Preferred Commercial) to Light Industry for a cookie-production and distribution facility, approving seven staff conditions including hours, height limits and a permanent buffer.
The Jefferson County Commission voted to approve zoning case Z250018 on a property along Rocky Ridge Road, allowing a cookie-production and distribution facility to operate under a Light Industry designation rather than the property's prior CP (Preferred Commercial) classification.
County planning staff presented the request and recommended approval with seven conditions intended to limit impacts on nearby residences. The conditions, adopted by the commission, restrict the site to baked-goods retail/wholesale operations; set hours of operation from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; require development to substantially conform to the submitted site plan; direct all lighting downward and away from residential properties; prohibit outside storage; limit any building to 30 feet in height; and maintain the buffer shown on the site plan along the southwestern property line in perpetuity. The commission also reserved Lot 2 on the site plan for office use.
Applicant attorney Frank Galloway told the commission the operation — to be run by Cookie Fix — would centralize production and distribute dough or finished cookies to retail locations across the metro area. Galloway said the facility would make and ship dough balls and finished product to stores; he told the commission the developer had met with neighbors and agreed to the proposed buffer. He also said an existing carport that encroached onto the site would be allowed to remain through a permanent right granted to the adjacent property owner.
Planning staff described the parcel as abutting the interstate and located outside the Hoover area; because manufacturing-type uses fall under Light Industry in the county code, staff recommended approval with the listed conditions. Commissioners moved, seconded and — with all in favor — approved the rezoning. The clerk announced the necessary affirmative votes were received.
Neighbors and the applicant both spoke during the public hearing; the applicant said outreach had taken place and accepted the conditions as drafted. No recorded votes against the measure were recorded in the transcript.
The approved conditions are written into the zoning approval; they will guide building permits and operations as the project proceeds. The developer and staff indicated they will proceed with design and permitting consistent with the site plan and the conditions adopted by the commission.
