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Greenwood planning panel approves one landscaping waiver, denies three for Grove at Stones Crossing
Summary
The Greenwood Advisory Plan Commission approved one waiver allowing foundation plantings to be relocated on-site and denied three waiver requests—including perimeter parking landscaping, street trees, and a 10-foot trail requirement—after hearing developer and staff arguments over design trade-offs and pedestrian connectivity.
The Greenwood Advisory Plan Commission on April 27 considered four waiver requests from Francis Alliance Incorporated for the Grove at Stones Crossing commercial subdivision (Docket PC 2026-014) and approved one while denying the other three.
An applicant team from Cross Engineers, led by Justin Hawkler, presented plans for two multi-tenant commercial buildings at Grove Crossing Boulevard and State Road 135 and requested relief from several Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) landscaping and trail standards. Hawkler said the development’s drive‑through lanes reduce the available planting strip in front of one building to six feet and that “we do provide the amount of landscaping plantings within that six foot” although the full 10‑foot width required by the UDO is not achievable given the chosen building and drive‑thru configuration.
Planning staff recommended denial of all four…
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