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Commission tables Gateway PUD changes after residents and developers debate package-store and commercial uses
Summary
A proposed PUD amendment that would create a commercial Pod 13 and add package-store and convenience-store uses in Pods 1 and 10 was tabled after residents urged protecting a nearby Mill Village neighborhood and developers and staff discussed a 2,000-square-foot minimum for package stores.
The Opelika Planning Commission voted to table a proposed amendment to the Gateway planned unit development after extended public comment and discussion between residents, staff and developer representatives.
Staff introduced a multi-part proposal to rezone roughly 5.1 acres into the PUD as "Pod 13" and to modify uses in Pods 1 and 10, including allowing convenience stores with fuel and package liquor stores in certain commercial corners.…
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