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Developer seeks rezoning for convenience store and fuel pumps on Arnold Mill Road; Planning Commission recommended denial
Summary
An applicant seeks to rezone about 4 acres on Arnold Mill Road from Office/Institutional to General Commercial to build a 6,000 sq ft convenience store with fuel pumps and a 2,000 sq ft retail building; the Planning Commission recommended denial and the board held an additional public hearing.
The board held a public hearing on a rezoning request by Wilson Property Investments to convert roughly 4 acres on Arnold Mill Road from Office/Institutional (ONI) to General Commercial to allow a roughly 6,000-square-foot convenience store with fuel pumps and a separate 2,000-square-foot retail building. Staff explained the parcel’s history and said the Planning Commission had recommended denial at its June meeting, prompting the Board to schedule an additional hearing so commissioners could consider neighbor input and any additional conditions.
Staff described the requested buffer encroachment: the applicant proposed grading into the typical 35-foot buffer adjacent to residential property and then replanting with an opaque screen. The planner clarified planting requirements would call for evergreen plantings in staggered rows to maintain year-round screening. The board discussed potential options short of outright denial and agreed there was interest in possibly scheduling another public hearing to consider alternatives; no final zoning vote took place at this meeting.
"This is the property in question off of Arnold Mill Road," the planner said as he displayed maps and site plans. Commissioners noted post-hearing neighborhood concerns and asked staff to schedule any follow-up hearings consistent with notice requirements.
