CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance granting a conditional use and a variance for an automobile service station located at 20 E. Ogden Avenue (Casey's) - PZC 24-1-111/DEV-0044-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission conducted the public hearing regarding PZC 24-1-111/DEV-0044-2025 on May 7, 2025 and recommended approval of the petitioner's request (approved 9-0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is approximately 0.73-acres located at the southeast intersection of Ogden Avenue and Washington Street and has been occupied by an automobile service station including a one-story Bucky's convenience store building, canopy structure, and associated site improvements. The subject property is zoned B3 (General Commercial District) and the B3 zoning district classifies automobile service stations as a conditional use.
Access to the property is currently provided via two-curb cuts on Ogden Avenue and one curb cut on Washington Street. Adjacent uses include a spa zoned OCI and single-family and duplex residential across the Washington Street Alley to the east, a single-family home to the south, retail buildings and parking to the west across Washington Street, and PNC Bank across Odgen Avenue to the north.
DISCUSSION:
The owner and petitioner, Casey's Retail Company, requests approval of a conditional use for an automobile service station and variance to the major arterial setback to demolish the existing automobile service station building and redevelop the property with an automobile service station, including a new 3,218 square-foot, one-story convenience store.
Conditional Use
In 2016, a text amendment was processed to revise the B3 zoning district and require conditional uses for automobile service stations. Automobile service stations were identified as a type of use that serves c...
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