DRC presses applicant on pedestrian protections, wheel stops and landscape edges for Wild Oak C Store plan
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Summary
City staff and the applicant discussed the Wild Oak convenience store and fueling station major development plan, including a request to substitute decorative bollards for wheel stops, concerns about pedestrian crosswalks and sidewalk continuity, and public works driveway-geometry resubmittal requirements.
The Development Review Committee on Jan. 14 reviewed a major development plan for a proposed Wild Oak convenience store with fueling and automobile service. Planning staff noted inconsistencies on the cover sheet (MDP vs. construction site plan) and raised multiple design questions intended to meet form-based code requirements.
The applicant requested approval "to use the bollards in lieu in lieu of the wheel stops," explaining bollards would preserve required sidewalk width while protecting pedestrians from vehicles. Planning staff said decorative bollards would be acceptable provided they meet the design intent.
Committee and staff also discussed pedestrian safety where parking aisles terminate into drive aisles and the need for raised crosswalks or contrasting striping and clearer sidewalk connections to the fueling islands. One staff member (Bobby) flagged the lack of a clear pedestrian path to the fuel islands and said staff would clarify the comment in a later message. Public works asked for driveway geometry (widths and radii) on the resubmittal; the applicant acknowledged emailed comments and agreed to supply dimensions. No formal approvals were recorded at the DRC meeting; staff directed the applicant to address the listed comments and resubmit.