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Planning board denies rezoning request for gas station at Reunion Parkway and Highway 51
Summary
Madison County planning board voted to deny a request to rezone 1.874 acres from R-1 to C-2 for a convenience store and gas station at the new Reunion Parkway and Highway 51 intersection after extensive public opposition and a legal standard argument from the City of Madison.
The Madison County Planning Board voted to deny a request to rezone a 1.874-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Reunion Parkway East and Highway 51 from R-1 single-family residential to C-2 commercial, rejecting a proposal to build a convenience store and gas station.
The applicant, Steve Smith, an attorney from Jackson representing Gandel Shell LLC, told the board the proposed use is permitted in a C-2 district and argued the new signalized intersection and the Reunion Parkway extension have changed the character of the area since the county’s 2019 land-use plan. "The purpose of this district is to provide relatively spacious areas for the development of vehicle-oriented commercial activities, which typically require direct auto traffic…
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