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South Fulton proposes new rules making it easier to site gas stations; residents push back
Summary
A council-sponsored text amendment would reduce required separation between gas stations from three miles to 1.5 miles, move distance rules into the business-license code, and allow exceptions by special-use permit that require environmental studies and buffers; residents warned of health, safety and transparency concerns and pledged to press the issue at two formal hearings.
City staff on Feb. 2 presented a council-sponsored text amendment that would change how South Fulton regulates gas stations and convenience stores, drawing hours of public comment from residents who said the proposal was rushed and would harm neighborhood health and safety.
Reginald McClendon, managing director of Community Development and Regulatory Affairs, told a community zoning information meeting that the draft amendment (TA 26-001) would delete existing language in Section 302.15 of the zoning code and replace it with new rules placed in Chapter 7 of Title 12 (the business-license code). McClendon said the central change is to shorten the minimum separation between gas stations from three miles to 1.5 miles, while maintaining a 1,000-foot buffer from residential uses. "The new requirement that is being proposed for gas stations is that gas stations ... be no closer than a mile and a half,"…
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