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Council approves Main Street Town Crossing Phase 2 site plan, favors revised elevations but denies driveway variance
Summary
Council approved a detailed site plan and elevation option for a 140,000 sq ft retail anchor at Main Street Town Crossing Phase 2 but did not approve a requested driveway spacing variance; the developer withdrew the driveway variance and presented updated elevations before the vote (7–0).
Planning staff presented a detailed site plan for a 12.26-acre portion of PD-171 — Main Street Town Crossing Phase 2 — describing a proposed single-tenant retail building (approx. 140,000 sq ft) with roughly 498 parking spaces. Staff recommended approval of the site plan and the vertical articulation variance but opposed the driveway spacing variance, which required 200 feet but was proposed at 134 feet.
Developer John Wipper told council he had removed the driveway opening and provided updated elevations, adding more brick and articulation to align with the main-street theme. "We have agree[d] to eliminate the driveway...so we would no longer need that variance," Wipper told the council. After additional questions about truck circulation, turning radiuses and elevation details, the council approved the site plan and elevation option #2 while declining the driveway spacing variance, voting 7–0.
