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Plan commission approves rezoning for neighborhood services at 820 W. Miller Road with convenience-store SUP requirement
Summary
The Plan Commission approved a rezoning to a planned development for 820 W. Miller Road to allow neighborhood services uses, with staff and commissioners requiring convenience-store operation to return with a special use permit (SUP). The applicant agreed to landscaping and screening conditions.
The Gollum Plan Commission on March 9 approved a rezoning that will allow neighborhood retail and service uses at 820 West Miller Road, with a condition that a convenience store be allowed only through a future special use permit. Stuart Starry, planner for the City of Garland, told commissioners the 0.98-acre site in District 5 is consistent with the comprehensive plan's traditional neighborhood designation but recommended the convenience-store use require an SUP to ensure proper review.
Applicant representative Maxwell Fisher said the property, currently used as a church, includes a primary 2,700-square-foot building and smaller accessory structures; the owner proposed landscape improvements and perimeter screening and agreed to remove the accessory shed before a certificate of occupancy. Fisher said the rezoning would allow uses that could serve the adjacent John Comer Skate Park and surrounding neighborhoods.
Commissioners raised questions about the church lease term and food-truck operations; Fisher confirmed the church remains under lease through 2027 and agreed the SUP process would let the commission review any future food-truck plans. Commissioner Jones moved and Commissioner Miranda seconded to close the public hearing and approve staff's recommendation; the motion passed unanimously.
The approval advances a zoning change but does not authorize building permits. Any convenience-store operator will need to return with an SUP for site-specific conditions and operations.
