TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Strickland - Assistant City Manager
Dr. Gerald Newton, AICP - Development Services Director
FROM: Craig Harmon, CZO - Senior Planner
DATE: May 27, 2025
RE:
Title
SUP25-03: Special Use Permit request to reduce the separation requirement for an Automotive Wrecker Service in a CC Zoning District at 3003, 3005, 3009 MURCHISON RD (REID# 0428597115000, 0428596376000, 0428597350000) owned by Ali Abdo, CITY PROPERTY LLC.
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
4 - Haire
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal III: City Investment in Today and Tomorrow
Objective 3.2: To manage the City's future growth and strategic land use
Executive Summary:
City Council is asked to hold an Evidentiary Hearing to determine whether a Special Use Permit (SUP) should be approved or denied. If approved, the SUP will reduce the 250-foot separation requirement between an automotive wrecker service located at 3003, 3005, 3009 Murchison Road and residentially zoned property to approximately 0 feet. Two of the three properties in question abut residentially zoned property to the southwest.
During an Evidentiary Hearing, the burden of demonstrating that an application complies with applicable review and approval standards of this Ordinance is on the applicant, which shall be demonstrated by competent, material, and substantial evidence. The burden is not on the City or other parties to show that the standards have not been met by the applicant.
Background:
The properties in question has been a commercial use since at least 1968, according to the Cumberland County's GIS Imagery. The current buildings and housings appears to date back to the early 1980's or earlier. Google earth images show an auto repair business on one of these properties since at least 2007. While all three properties are zoned commercial, two of them have single family residential structures currently on them.
The Applicant is requesting...
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