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Commission amends Sprouts‑area PUD to add parcel and approve modified access conditions
Summary
The commission on May 12 approved a PUD amendment to add a 0.48‑acre parcel to a commercial PUD anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market and adopted a condition requiring recorded owner consent before a private cross‑access easement can be opened for public commercial use.
The Marion County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a PUD amendment for the Highway 200 corridor that adds a 0.48‑acre parcel to an existing mixed commercial/residential PUD (Case 250509ZP) and resolved a cross‑access issue affecting a private easement behind an adjacent Wawa.
Growth Services staff explained the amendment has two parts: (1) the applicant acquired and seeks to include a 0.48‑acre parcel in the PUD; staff supports that addition; and (2) the applicant requested to shift an internal access point to use an existing platted easement (a private access path that has been paved and used for decades) rather than the earlier proposed connection through the Wawa rear parking area. Staff said county code generally avoids routing commercial traffic through residentially used parcels and recommended the commission require an access agreement from the private easement owner before site plan approval. The applicant argued the easement parcel has been used for decades, the quadplex on the lot is commercially zoned (B‑2) and the matter is primarily a private property easement issue; the applicant proposed language (condition 25) that would require an executed grant of easement or similar instrument confirming the adjacent owner’s consent before that cross access could be opened.
Commissioners voted to approve the PUD amendment, retaining staff’s requirements on improvements and public‑safety related conditions while accepting the applicant’s suggested condition that the county engineer may approve opening the cross‑access easement area after verifying a recorded grant or similar instrument of consent—rather than making site‑plan approval contingent on having the instrument before approval. The applicant said it had been pursuing contact with the easement owner and was willing to record the needed instrument; staff retained the option to require compliance before use. The developer has begun construction on the Sprouts and adjoining retail; the commission’s action adds the parcel to the PUD and clarifies the administrative steps for opening the cross‑access easement.
