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Commission recommends approval of 'Market Station' neighborhood grocery with conditions after traffic, wetlands concerns
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the Planning Commission voted to forward a recommendation to approve a rezoning to allow a 19,500‑sq‑ft neighborhood market with gas pumps and a 4,000‑sq‑ft restaurant; opponents raised traffic, wetlands and market‑viability concerns during public comment.
The Oconee County Planning Commission voted Dec. 8 to recommend approval of a rezoning application introduced by planning staff (listed in the hearing as an item beginning with 'P 25 0 2 3 0'), which would reconfigure several parcels and rezone roughly 4.82 acres from AR‑3 to B‑1 to permit a neighborhood grocery and associated uses.
Planning staff said the request comes with standard conditions and site‑specific controls: owner‑funded road improvements to ensure impacted intersections meet Level of Service C, a requirement that service areas and dumpsters be visually screened by a six‑foot masonry wall with facade materials matching the principal structure (wood or chain‑link enclosures prohibited), and a drive‑through/stacking lane designed to…
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