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Planning commission recommends denial of convenience store with fuel pumps at SH 205 and FM 550 over PD conformity concerns
Summary
The McLendon-Chisholm Planning & Zoning Commission on Oct. 21 recommended denial of a site plan for a convenience store with fuel sales at the northeast corner of State Highway 205 and FM 550, citing lack of demonstrated conformity with a 2022 Planned Development (PD). Staff and the applicant said administrative acceptance and city-attorney guidance allowed the application to proceed to the commission; the applicant may appeal to city council.
The McLendon-Chisholm Planning & Zoning Commission voted Oct. 21 to recommend denial of a site plan for a convenience store with fuel pumps proposed at the east corner of State Highway 205 and FM 550, citing questions about whether the plan conforms to a previously approved Planned Development (PD).
The applicant, land owner Brian Berry, told the commission the application before the body that night was for site-plan approval only and that engineering reviews would follow during the building-permit phase. City staff said the item had been administratively accepted following direction from city council and advice from the city attorney, and staff recommended the commission forward approval to council.
Commissioners focused the debate on whether the submitted site plan aligns with the PD’s conceptual plan and the PD’s specific development standards. One commissioner said the PD required conformity among the concept plan, plat and site plan and that…
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