Greenwood board approves special exception for Wawa-style convenience store with gas pumps at Emerson and Wilson

The Greenwood Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 22 approved a special exception for vehicular gasoline sales tied to a 24-hour, full-service convenience store proposed for 795 North Emerson Avenue, voting to approve the request with conditions 2–12 from the staff report (condition 1 was excluded).

The petitioner, Eric Prime, spoke for Emerson Wilson Investors LLC and told the board the proposed development would include a 6,300-square-foot Wawa-format store at the corner of Wilson Drive and Emerson Avenue, with gas pumps placed at the rear of the site and a hotel and financial-institution pad sites planned behind and to the south of the store. “For them, the gas sales is almost an afterthought,” Prime said, adding the store’s primary function would be food and beverage service available round-the-clock.

The staff…