Details: (Property ID 242234) - Owner: WP Legacy LTD (ZDC-139-2024) Staff: Oanh Vu
Case Number: ZDC-139-2024

Contact the Planning Department at (469) 309-4290 or via email: Planning@Waxahachie.com for additional information on this request.

I am writing this petition because I am deeply concerned about the safety of our children. Matthew Smith and Darwood Partners have requested a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a convenience store and gasoline sales outlet within a General Retail (GR) zoning district located at the northwest corner of Broadhead Road and Garden Valley Parkway, right next to a middle school. The development of this high-traffic commercial structure near an educational campus will not only disrupt school traffic but will also put the children who walk and bicycle to school in potential danger.

Not only does the proposed convenience store (7-11) and gas station increase the risk of road noise and loitering near the school, but it also shows a lack of regard for the established community environment. Moreover, another gas station is already under construction less than half a mile away, across the bridge, thereby eliminating the pressing need for another gasoline sales outlet in the same vicinity. 

This proposal is a gross oversight of our children's safety and the wellbeing of the community of Waxahachie, TX specifically the Garden Valley and Buffalo Ridge neighborhoods. Furthermore, it undermines the purpose of the General Retail zoning, which aims to facilitate commercial activities that complement residential use. 

We call on the City of Waxahachie to refuse this SUP request from Matthew Smith and Darwood Partners. We ask residents and all those who care about the safety of our children and the peace of our community to sign this petition. Together, we can ensure our community remains safe, peaceful, and conducive to nurturing our children. Please sign to show your support for the refusal of this request.

Additional evidence of risks to the community:

• Health Effects and Immediate Air Quality (Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, and Xylene)
• Increased Traffic: passenger and commercial traffic in a highly populated walking community
• Proximity to Robbie F Howard Jr High School:  high risk for  student walking traffic
• Increased Noise Pollution
• Increased Light Pollution (fuel pump canopies, neon lighting, LED flashing signage, street side gas pricers, late night lighting)
• Property Devaluation - Convenience Store with Gas Station. Number 2 on the list of the 10 Industries that Diminish Property Values The Most (housely.com)
• Negative implications of Alcohol and Tobacco sales
• Loitering and Drug Dealing
• Increased police activity on site

IMPORTANT DATES:

Waxahachie Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearings 

• Tuesday Sept. 10, 2024 @ 7pm
  Waxahachie City Council Hearing 
• Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 @ 7pm

All hearings are in Meeting Rooms A & B at the Waxahachie Civic Center, 2000 Civic Center Ln, Waxahachie 

 

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