A planned renovation of an existing gas station in downtown Macon would provide “a higher-end market with take-out food,” the interior designer for the project said.
The gas station and convenience store is planned at 301 Walnut St. at the northwest intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission approved Monday a certificate of appropriateness and a variance in parking requirements for the renovation project.
Plans include demolishing two of three existing buildings on the .3-acre site and two existing gas canopies, making façade changes to the remaining structure that faces Walnut Street.
The 2,800-square-foot convenience store would have 2,400 square feet of sales space, interior designer Terry Holland said. Also, a 25-foot-by-60-foot canopy will replace the two existing gas canopies.
Other items on the agenda were:
CONDITIONAL USES:
2910 Jeffersonville Road: Conditional use to allow a package store in an existing building, M-1 District. Sukhwant (Rick) Singh, applicant. Deferred (no date set).
1571 Telfair St.: Conditional use to allow lighting of an existing athletic field, R-2 District & R-3 District. Mercer University; Russell Vullo, applicant. Deferred to July 11.
3165 Avondale Mill Road: Conditional use to allow a communications tower with equipment cabinets, A-Agricultural District. Jonathan Yates, applicant. Approved.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS:
707 Pine St./689 First St.: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of a wall sign, CBD-1 District. Kim Reeves; Macon Signs, applicant. Approved.
SIGNS:
3400 Vineville Ave.: Variance in sign area requirements, R-3 District. Len Hindsman; Mercedes Giron, applicant. Approved.
1106 Rocky Creek Road: Variance in distance from a residential structure to allow an electronic graphic display sign (EGD), C-2 District. John Beckworth; Chattahoochee Oil Co., applicant. Approved.
6344 Zebulon Road: Variance in distance from a residential structure to allow an electronic graphic display sign (EGD), PDE District. Kyle Underwood, applicant. Approved.
INTERPRETATIONS:
Interpretation of Section 23.01 [2] of the Comprehensive Land Development Resolution to allow the manufacture of wire harnesses as a home occupation. Anthony J. Pupo Jr., applicant. Interpreted as allowed.
VIOLATIONS:
3272 Pio Nono Ave.: In violation of Section 27.05 of the Comprehensive Land Development Resolution (operating a sports bar with live entertainment without a zoning compliance), C-4 District. Chris Palmer; Action Billiards. Deferred to July 11.
To contact writer Linda S. Morris, call 744-4223.
