Planning Commission hearing Tuesday July 2 at 9 am

 The challenges associated with the previous QT application remain although they are somewhat less, due to the reduced number of fuel pumps.

1. This is still a small site at 1.65 acres, and the Canton Road shared access driveway is still a problem. Compared to other gas stations located at signalized intersections, this driveway was not designed to handle a fairly high volume of traffic. Due to its distance from the signalized intersection the driveway can’t be widened to better accommodate ingress and egress. Entering the driveway requires a steep U Turn to get to subject property.

2. The shared access driveway is on property owned by the contiguous business owners, meaning that a fairly high volume of traffic at peak hours will be crossing their property to get to the fuel canopy.

3. The projected visits to the site under the QT was 2,057 per day, or 4,114 turning movements. That was for the C Store and 16 fuel positions. The projected visits to the site (vpd) for Z-26 are 2,571, with the proposed retail plaza adding 534 vpd for a total of 3,105 vpd, or 1,009 vpd less than the Quik Trip.

We believe that the landowner has the right to an economically viable use of their property and should be given a viable zoning. However the available uses should not be so intense as to overwhelm three existing businesses which share the driveway crossing their property with the adjacent property owner. Therefore we would support the following:

Deletion to NRC for Neighborhood Retail, offices and other permitted uses under NRC subject to the following:

Excluded uses to include:

Convenience store with fuel sales
Automotive uses