The Greenville City Council intends to make a decision tonight regarding Brian Gibson’s proposed business near the intersection of Stonewall Street and Interstate 30.
The session may also have an impact on plans for a proposed RaceTrac store in Greenville.
A special council meeting has been set for 5 p.m. inside the Municipal Building, 2821 Washington Street, at which time the council is expected to take a final vote on whether to approve an architectural waiver from the city’s overlay zoning regulations for the used car sales/auto repair business planned for the vacant lot at 2600 Interstate 30.
The council tabled a vote on the matter earlier this month, in the hopes the Planning and Zoning Commission and Gibson could find a compromise.
The commission voted last month to recommend approval of the waiver, although the majority of the council members indicated on Dec. 8 they would be against the request as it was presented at that time.
The commission voted again Dec. 21 to recommend approval of a reworked application for the waiver.
Gibson has a pending contract to sell the Joe Gibson automobile dealership at 6901 Wesley Street, which is to be torn down to make room for a new RaceTrac gas station/convenience store. Gibson in turn is seeking the waiver to allow him to build a smaller business in the vacant lot behind the current dealership.
The business as first proposed would have violated the overlay zoning rules in that it would have been mostly metal instead of masonry, it would have had galvanized roof and would not feature earth tones in its color scheme.
Gibson has since changed the color of the proposed building from the previous red barn hue to a brownish beige color; and plans to cover almost all of the metal exterior of the structure with Stuc-O-Flex, which has the appearance of stucco, one of the approved masonry surfaces under the overlay zoning regulations.
Instead of a standing seam roof, Gibson is wanting to install an R-Panel roof, but will paint the roof and the screws used to match the color of the rest of the building.
City of Greenville Building Official Steve Methven told the commission the roof, if it was the only factor, would not have required the commission’s consideration.
Gibson has said time is of the essence, if the deal with RaceTrac was to proceed.