TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Nolan Ming, Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow an Automobile Service Station and an Accessory Car Wash, Located at the Northeast Corner of Route 59 and Theodore Street (ZBA 2026-34)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner, S & P RE LLC, is requesting a Special Use Permit to allow an automobile service station and an accessory car wash in the B-3 (general business) district at the northeast corner of Route 59 and Theodore Street. The subject site is an undeveloped lot within Cobalt Commercial Subdivision, which was recorded in 2021 and currently contains a CarMax car dealership as the only developed use. There are commercial developments with B-3 (general business) zoning at the other three corners of the Route 59 and Theodore Street intersection. Across Theodore Street south of the subdivision is the Pheasant Landing residential subdivision, which is zoned R-2 (single-family residential).
The petitioner proposes to develop the 2.9-acre site with a gas station, car wash, and drive-thru restaurant. The gas station and the car wash require approval of a special use permit while the restaurant is a permitted use in the B-3 (general business) district. A future subdivision will be needed to create a separate lot for the restaurant building because the Zoning Ordinance only allows one main building per lot. The car wash is considered an accessory use to the gas station so both uses would be located on the same lot.
The gas station will consist of an approximately 4,150-square-foot building with a convenience store, a canopy with eight fuel pumps, and 16 parking stalls. The proposed car wash will consist of a 3,200-square-foot tunnel wash building and a vacuum station with ten stalls. The gas station and car wash will be under the same ownership. The gas station will have approximately six total employees and the car wash will have two total employees. Proposed hours of operation for the ...
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