Council rezones Parkway East site to allow Mavis Discount Tire at Roebuck shopping center
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The council approved zoning change ZAC2024-11 to reclassify a Roebuck parcel from Mixed Use High to C-2 to permit an automobile services retailer; staff and neighborhood groups recommended the rezoning with conditions related to parking and stormwater.
The Birmingham City Council on Feb. 4 approved a rezoning request, ZAC2024-11, to reclassify a parcel in the Roebuck neighborhood from Mixed Use High (MUH) to C-2 (General Commercial) to permit construction of a Mavis Discount Tire store.
City planning staff explained the mixed-use district definition had changed over the summer, removing automobile service as an allowed use; the applicant sought rezoning so a tire-and-service retailer could locate in the existing Robuck shopping center where Planet Fitness operates. Staff said the proposed site plan provides 37 parking spaces where zoning maximum would be 14, meaning the applicant must either incorporate low-impact development (LID) elements on-site or seek a variance to address parking overage.
Kim Sproll, city staff, said the applicant met with the Roebuck Neighborhood Association (vote 14–1 in favor) and the Zoning Advisory Committee and Planning and Zoning Committee recommended approval with conditions. Those conditions include: provision of an access easement upon plat recording; incorporation of low-impact development techniques (bioretention, pervious paving, infiltration trenches or equivalent) to address excess paved area and runoff; and compliance with two C-2 conditions that no visibly disabled, abandoned or inoperable vehicle be stored on the premises and that vehicles awaiting service not remain on-site more than 15 days.
Nate Fuss, the applicant's civil engineer, confirmed the business model will be retail tire sales and related services (brakes, shocks, struts, exhaust and fluids) but not engine work. Staff noted standard stormwater permits and landscape requirements will apply; the landscape reviewer required one tree per 40 feet of street frontage.
The council voted to approve the rezoning after a public hearing with no members of the public speaking in opposition. The staff report and committee recommendations are part of the formal record; the applicant must meet the stated conditions and secure any required permits before construction.