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Lynchburg panel approves rezoning for Wawa at Greenview and Leesville over traffic objections
Summary
The Lynchburg Planning Commission on Jan. 14 approved TPB Enterprises LLC’s petition to amend the future land use map and rezone about 4.915 acres at Greenview Drive and Leesville Road to allow a Wawa convenience store and fuel canopy, voting 5–1 after residents raised traffic and safety concerns on Morview Drive and Leesville Road.
The Lynchburg Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a petition by TPB Enterprises LLC to amend the city’s future land use map and rezone roughly 4.915 acres at 1516 Greenview Drive and 794–798 Leesville Road to allow a Wawa convenience store with a fuel canopy.
The commission voted 5–1 to approve the request after a public hearing in which nearby residents urged the panel to address traffic and pedestrian-safety problems on Morview Drive and Leesville Road. City planning staff recommended approval, noting that half the site already carries B-3-C community-business zoning and that the proposal includes conditions intended to limit impacts on adjacent homes.
City staff said the properties were annexed in 1976 and that previous zoning actions permitted the existing nursery on part of the site. The staff presentation described proffers attached to Area A of the…
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