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Lawrenceville Planning Commission recommends denial of two special-use permits, approves buffer reduction
Summary
At its Feb. 2 meeting the Lawrenceville Planning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend denial of two special-use permit requests — for an accessory structure/solar installation and a manual carwash — and approved a buffer reduction for a retaining-wall replacement; staff memos outlined conditions and environmental controls.
The Lawrenceville Planning Commission on Feb. 2 recommended denial of two special-use permit requests and approved a buffer-reduction request, with the actions forwarded to City Council for final consideration.
Commission Member Stephanie Henriksen moved to recommend denial of Special Use Permit SUP2025-00119, an application for an accessory structure larger than 400 square feet at 715 Paper Creek Drive (Applicant: Sultan Hassan; Owner: David Phung). Commission Member Sheila Huff seconded. The motion carried with Vice-Chairperson Jeff West and Commission Members Huff, Henriksen and Darion Ward voting in favor. The minutes note potential adverse impacts cited in the staff packet, including state and municipal stream-buffer constraints and questions about corner-lot yard designation.
The commission also voted to recommend denial of Special Use Permit SUP2025-00120, a proposal to operate a manual automobile-wash facility at 725 Grayson Highway (Applicant: Marco Burgos; Owner: Nayef Abuaisheh). Commission Member Darion Ward made the motion; Commission Member Henriksen seconded. The vote in favor was recorded for Vice-Chairperson West and Commission Members Huff, Henriksen and Ward. Staff provided a detailed set of recommended conditions and an environmental-impact discussion for hand-wash operations, including requirements for pretreatment (oil/grit separators or other best management practices) and compliance with Gwinnett County sanitary-sewer regulations.
The commission approved Buffer Reduction BFR2025-00003, allowing a reduction of the required 75-foot buffer to 0 feet at 377 West Pike Street to permit replacement of a failing retaining wall. Commission Member Henriksen moved to recommend approval and Commission Member Ward seconded; Vice-Chairperson West and Commissioners Huff, Henriksen and Ward voted yea. The staff conditions accompanying approval limit disturbance to the retaining-wall replacement, require the wall to be sited at least five feet from property lines (outside recorded utility easements unless otherwise approved), require compliance with building and engineering standards, and require a landscape plan to replace removed vegetation.
Administrative items recorded in the packet included the administrative withdrawal of a proposed ordinance amendment to Article 2 of the City of Lawrenceville Zoning Ordinance (relocating and renumbering sections and adding a convenience store with fuel pumps section) and the administrative withdrawal of rezoning application RZM2025-00023 (Applicant: Curt Thompson; Owner: 12 Brothers Capital Venture, LLC). The packet also set legal-advertisement dates for subsequent hearings: Planning Commission on March 2, City Council work session on March 4 and the City Council regular meeting on March 19.
The record lists David Phung as the proponent on SUP2025-00119 and records no opponents for that item. The meeting packet included detailed recommended conditions and staff memos signed by Todd Hargrave, Director of the Planning and Development Department, addressing interpretation of yard designations on corner lots and environmental considerations for carwash wastewater management.
All motions described above were recommendations to City Council; final approvals, denials or modifications will be made by the City Council in subsequent hearings.
