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: September 22, 2025
RE:Title
Approve SUP25-03: Order of Approval - Findings of Fact: 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...Title
end
end
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 approve the Order of Approval - Findings of Fact for SUP 25-03.
On August 25, 2025, the Fayetteville City Council held an evidentiary hearing regarding this case. The Council voted unanimously that all findings had been met.
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 a reduction in the 250-foot separation standards between an automotive wrecker service and residentially zoned property. The Applicant's request would reduce the separation down to approximately 0 feet, since two of the three properties abut residential zoning. This development must meet all city buffer and fencing requirements.
In the City's Unified Development Ordinance, an automotive wrecker service is defined as an establishment operated for the purpose of tempo...
Click here for full text