FAYETTEVILLE -- A development plan for a proposed Jiffy Trip convenience store near Huntsville Road will come back to the City Council after neighbors and the project's representatives get a chance to speak with each other.
Council members voted 8-0 on Tuesday to hold until Nov. 5 a proposed development plan for a 4,326-square-foot Jiffy Trip convenience store and gas station on about 5.7 acres northwest of Huntsville and Stone Bridge roads. The Planning Commission approved the plan by a 9-0 vote in September, denying one requested variance from code associated with the proposal and approving another. Neighbors requested an appeal of the decision, which council members Sarah Moore, D'Andre Jones and Bob Stafford sponsored.
The variance the Planning Commission granted would allow a wider drive aisle than code requires for tractor-trailers to move through the site without conflicting with fueling stations. The variance the commission rejected was to allow a 30-foot-wide driveway on Stone Bridge Drive, exceeding the maximum 24-foot width allowed in code.
Neighbors told the City Council they've been asking for years for a sidewalk along Stone Bridge Road that would reach the...
Source: Fayetteville Flyer