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Club Car Wash plan at Lowe's parcel returned for revisions after staff flags setbacks, landscaping and materials
Summary
Staff flagged multiple deficiencies in a proposed Club Car Wash on a corner lot within the Lowe's master plan, including encroachment into minimum building setback lines, inadequate landscaping, missing engineering seals and drainage calculations, and insufficient exterior materials to meet the 70% brick/stone requirement.
City planning staff and engineers told the Gallatin City Planning Commission on July 26 that they will require substantial revisions to a proposed Club Car Wash final master development plan (FMDP) at a Lowe's outparcel before the commission can approve a conditional use permit.
Charlie Peoria, a staff planner, said the proposal covers roughly 1.1 acres at the corner of Nashville Pike and Browns Lane and would be classified as "automotive, repair and cleaning," a conditional use in the PGC zoning district. Charlie detailed missing checklist items—financial responsibility/operation statements, a cover sheet and supporting Loews master plan materials—and several substantive concerns including two minimum building setback lines (MBSLs) along the north (50 feet) and west (40 feet) where the proposed building currently encroaches.
"The building is encroaching into that," Charlie said, describing a likely ~20‑foot encroachment into the western MBSL. City engineering added the submittal is incomplete; plans need a professional engineer's seal and drainage calculations and, without those items, engineering will recommend deferral on resubmittal.
Justin Barnes, the Club Car Wash representative, acknowledged the comments and walked commissioners through the proposed circulation (single access aligned with Lowe's intersection, tunnel and vacuum bays) and said the company’s reclamation system can "reclaim a lot of our water, up to 40% of our water that were used there." He said the firm will address architecture, landscaping and photometric details raised by staff.
A commissioner criticized the landscaping plan as "entirely inadequate" and asked the applicant to provide justification for any requested setback variances beyond convenience. Commissioners also pressed for specifics about exterior lighting and warned against flashing or neon fixtures on the prominent corner.
Next steps: Staff will work with the applicant on revised architecture, landscaping, lighting and drainage; engineering has reserved the right to recommend deferral at the voting meeting if required items are not provided.
