Shreveport council upholds appeal, denies Take 5 special-use permit over disputed access

The Shreveport City Council voted to uphold an appeal and deny a special-use permit requested for a proposed Take 5 Oil Change at the Flournoy Lucas/Ellerby Road site, after a lengthy hearing focused on who controls the parcel providing access and whether the site’s driveway would create traffic and legal liabilities.

Appellant counsel Scott Sinclair told the council the application was incomplete because Lucky Land ‘‘is not the owner of this property’’ and lacks written permission to use a narrow strip of land shown on the plan as the only access. Sinclair warned approving the permit would amount to an improper transfer or exclusive private use of an easement that was granted as a public right-of-way: ‘‘If you approve this today, tomorrow…they’ll be a trespasser,’’ he said.

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