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Planning commission approves CVS at May River Crossing preliminary plan
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a preliminary development plan for an 11,286-square-foot CVS retail clinic and pharmacy with a drive-through in the May River Crossing master plan. Staff recommended approval under UDO Section 3.10.3; commissioners emphasized buffer, landscaping and HCOD review before final approval.
The Planning Commission on Aug. 28 approved a preliminary development plan for a CVS retail clinic and pharmacy with a drive-through at May River Crossing.
Town staff presented the application as an 11,286-square-foot retail clinic and pharmacy on about 1.91 acres in the Jones Estate PUD within the May River Crossing master plan, and recommended approval under section 3.10.3(a) of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). Mr. Frazier, speaking for staff, told the commission that "the requirements of section 3.10.3(a) of the UDO are met and [staff] recommends that the planning commission approve the application as submitted."
Brian Morris, the project's civil engineer with Foresight Group, described site access—full access from May River Crossing and a right-in/right-out on Evan Way—the location of the pharmacy window and the site's tree-save areas. He said finished-floor elevation will be raised about 3 to 4 feet to conform with the master stormwater system and avoid the 100-year hydraulic backwater.
Commissioners focused questions on Highway Corridor Overlay District (HCOD) presentation and frontage design. Several commissioners urged that the building present to the highway corridor and asked the applicant to avoid placing dumpsters where they would be visible from SC 170. Commissioners also stressed the code requirement for an 8-foot planting strip along the highway-facing elevation and discussed how the project must address that requirement when it returns for HCOD and final-review steps.
The applicant and staff explained a recorded 10-foot utility easement along the frontage limits where trees can be planted immediately behind the curb; staff said the formal landscape plan will be reviewed at the HCOD step. Chair (speaking voice labeled Speaker 1) noted community benefit, saying, "This part of town needs a pharmacy. You're bringing in pharmacy. That's wonderful."
A commissioner moved to approve the preliminary development plan as submitted; the motion was seconded, commissioners voted in favor and the chair announced the motion carried. The plan will proceed to subsequent development-review and HCOD steps, where staff and the commission expect the applicant to resolve buffer and dumpster placement details.
Next steps: the project will return for Highway Corridor Overlay District and development-review reviews before final development plan approval.
