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Newton County proposes two‑mile spacing and clearer design rules for convenience stores
Summary
County staff proposed UDO changes that would require convenience stores to meet clearer lighting, screening and size rules and generally ban new convenience stores within two miles of another, with a narrow exception for intersections; commissioners pressed for stronger enforcement and treatment of existing nonconforming sites.
Newton County staff presented proposed amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance on March 3 that would add distance, lighting and screening rules for convenience stores and clarify the 5,000-square-foot limit for such facilities.
The presenter, Stephanie, said the draft updates the existing use-standards in UDO section 510200 to add a new purpose statement and more specific provisions on outdoor lighting, visual screening, size limits and placement. Under the draft, no convenience store, with or without gasoline pumps, may be located within two miles of another convenience store measured from property line to property…
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