Planning commission approves Bay City Road gas station site plan with conditions
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Summary
The Midland City Planning Commission approved site plan No. 448 for a proposed 2,500 sq ft gas station at 3216 Bay City Road, with contingencies including soil erosion and stormwater permits and traffic controls; the motion passed unanimously.
The Midland City Planning Commission voted to approve site plan number 448 for a proposed gas station at 3216 Bay City Road during its March 10 meeting.
Staff presenter Mr. Smith described the project as a 1.1-acre development featuring a 2,500-square-foot convenience store, two fuel canopies providing a total of eight fueling positions, nine parking spaces, a relocated Waldo Avenue driveway alignment and a right-turn-only restriction for the Bay City Road exit. The plan includes 52 evergreen plantings in staggered double rows, a berm, a six-foot privacy fence adjacent to residentially zoned properties, and preservation of 22 existing trees near Waldo Road.
The commission’s discussion focused on traffic circulation and signage. Commissioner (speaker 5) asked whether the driveway would have physical measures to force right turns rather than relying on signs; Mr. Smith said the plan includes signs and pavement markings and that engineering review during permitting could identify additional traffic-control measures, and that MDOT sign standards would be referenced for specifics. “There will be a sign that says right out only,” Mr. Smith said when describing the Bay City Road driveway control.
After deliberation, Commissioner (speaker 5) moved to approve the site plan with contingencies requiring approval of a soil erosion and sedimentation control permit by the building department and a stormwater management permit by the engineering department. A second was given and the commission took a roll-call vote; the result was recorded as unanimous in favor.
Why it matters: The approval clears a key land-use step for redevelopment of a long-vacant property on Bay City Road and establishes conditions intended to address stormwater and traffic impacts before building permits are issued.
The commission did not adopt detailed engineering controls in the site-plan approval; staff said final traffic-control features (pavement markings, sign dimensions and placement) will be refined in later permitting. The commission’s vote carries conditions staff listed at the meeting; those requirements must be satisfied through the city’s permitting process before construction begins.
