Parker’s Kitchen is further along in establishing a foothold in Columbia County. Thursday evening the Planning Commission voted in favor of the convenience store chain’s project to develop a location along Jimmie Dyess Parkway near the I-20 off ramp.
Drayton Parker Companies, along with property owner Anushazehra LLC, had applied for a variance at 4099 Jimmie Dyess, where it plans to build a gas station, over 5,000 square feet, with some 30 parking spaces. The property is the former site of a Valero convenience store with a Dairy Queen.
The variance request seeks permission to operate the upcoming store for 24 hours. Planning staff noted in its report that a previous gas station at the parcel operated from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Staff recommended approval of the request, citing the parcel’s proximity to Exit 194 and its distance from residential areas.
The commission unanimously voted to recommend approval.
In April, a request from the developers of Moby’s Car Wash in North Augusta to rezone 170 South Belair Road for a project to build another its tunnel car wash location along with commercial space saw an upset between the Planning Commission and the Board of Commissioners. The former had voted to recommend denial, while the BOC voted to approve.
Petitioners returned with two variance requests for the project: one to allow the installation of lanes, and any other objects associated with the drive-thru, between a public street and the car wash building, the other requesting permission to have an overhead door of the car wash facing the frontage. The Planning Commission voted in favor of both unanimously.
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
