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Commissioners flag access, sidewalk and lighting concerns for proposed Wawa on Nashville Pike
Summary
City staff described an amended master plan for a Wawa fuel-and-convenience site and asked for sidewalk relocation to improve apartment access, coordination on stormwater and a shielded canopy lighting note; the applicant asked the city to confirm a cross-access easement and engineering said an older planned access easement was not recorded.
Charlie Peoria, the city’s staff planner, presented an amended preliminary and final master development plan for a Wawa service station with food service and a canopy on a 3.7-acre PGC-zoned parcel in the Gallatin Gap Master Development Plan. Peoria said staff would like the sidewalk relocated to the north side of the property to improve access for residents in nearby apartments, warned of a steep grade change near a stream that could require a guardrail for safety, and asked that canopy lighting be shielded so it does not spill onto Nashville Pike or into adjacent apartments.
Landon Boggs of Kimley Horn, representing the applicant, said the site has been planned for this use and noted outstanding coordination items with engineering, especially stormwater. Boggs asked the city to confirm whether a cross-access easement had been recorded; Peoria explained the preliminary master plan shows the access connection but the lot was later platted into individual parcels without recording the easement, and the property will likely have to be replatted so the easement can be added.
Engineering staff told the commission they are working with an adjacent Ford dealership because a 2014 site plan showed a 76-foot access easement that was never platted or recorded; staff said they are pursuing recording the easement with the Sumner County registrar and working to make the cross-access connection work because state and city transportation agencies would not allow direct private access to Nashville Pike at that location.
Commissioners said they would like the access arrangement resolved given the importance of cross-access to reduce curb cuts on the highway; staff said the Wawa plan otherwise meets the corridor’s architectural and landscaping standards and would be handled as a minor amendment unless something substantial is uncovered during engineering review. The item will return to the commission after city and engineering coordination.
