Parker’s Kitchen is planning on setting up another location in Columbia County, according to a new variance request submitted to the planning department last week.
Drayton-Parker Companies LLC, the owner of the Savannah-based chain of convenience stores, is petitioning for a signage variance at 925 Husk Box Way in Grovetown. There it plans to build one of its stores, almost 3,800 square feet, along with parking and gas pumps.
The county ordinance restricts canopy signage to a maximum of 12 square feet per street frontage. Parker’s Kitchen is seeking permission to install 67.47 square feet of canopy signage, “due to the location and street frontage,” according to the application’s letter of intent.
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The proposed gas station would be along the bustling Lewiston Road/Horizon South Parkway corridor. Another Parker’s Kitchen location, underway at the corner of Lewiston and Columbia Roads, received approval from the Board of Commissioners to operate 24 hours last August, a month after voting down the variance request for the same.
The chain has other locations under construction in the CSRA, including three in Richmond County, two in Aiken and another in Columbia County on William Few Parkway.
Master GMC is planning to launch a car wash and oil change facility on its property in Martinez. Booker + Vick Architects applied on behalf of Master Real Estate Enterprise for a variation at its property on 3720 Washington Road.
The parcel lies behind 3710 Washington Road, the site of Master Buick GMC. The variance would allow the proposed new building’s glass overhead doors to face the right of way, and for metal panels on the exterior. The request’s letter of intent states that the “site conditions” and “traffic flow patterns” prohibit installing overhead doors on the side elevations.
GasWorld CEO Deep Patel has requested to rezone a two-acre tract at 1535 Appling Harlem Road from R-A Residential Agricultural to C-1 Commercial, for a new gas station. He’s also seeking a variance to reduce the required 100-foot buffer to 50 feet, as the property is surrounded by another property that, though zoned R-A, is not currently used for residential purposes.
All three items are scheduled for the Columbia County Planning Commission’s March 7 meeting.
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
