Planning commission approves site plan for new tire and service center on US 31

The Spanish Fort Planning Commission unanimously approved a site plan for a new 8,520-square-foot automotive tire and service center at the corner of US Highway 31 and Eastern Shore Boulevard.

Planning staff (Casey) described the proposal as a new automotive tire and service center on a 9.5-acre parcel; the applicant intends to use about 10.84% of the property for buildings, parking and other hard surfaces. Staff said the site plan shows 35 parking spaces, including two ADA-accessible spaces, which exceeds the minimum required parking calculation (which the staff summarized as 34 spaces for this layout). Staff also reported receipt of the required NOI for stormwater permit coverage, a grading and drainage plan compliant with city standards, a landscape plan meeting the landscape and tree protection ordinance, and a lighting plan reviewed to limit light trespass.

The chair opened discussion and, with no public comments, a motion to approve the site plan as submitted was made, seconded and approved on a unanimous roll-call vote: Le Le Moyne — yes; Diamond — yes; Vaughn — yes; Lindsay — yes; Nelson — yes; Lazenby — yes; Mayor Bass — yes.

The application in the record was described as Pelt Tire Spanish Fort (the transcript uses two spellings, including "Pilk/Pelt Tire" in different places); the applicant’s engineer was listed as Element 3 Engineering LLC. The commission’s approval is a planning-commission site-plan approval and any required permits or inspections remain subject to applicable building- and permitting processes.