Balzer and Associates, representing Rams Holding LLC, hosted a virtual community meeting through Microsoft Teams on the evening of Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 6:30 p.m., presenting the applicant's proposal for a convenience store at 280 Charter Colony Parkway and answering questions. Rams Holding LLC had applied to Chesterfield County for a zoning amendment on the property.
At a glance
What: Virtual community meeting on the Charter Colony convenience store zoning case — an amendment to Case 94SN0138 seeking setback exceptions
Who: Rams Holding LLC, applicant; Balzer and Associates, its representative
When: Thursday, August 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Microsoft Teams; subject property at 280 Charter Colony Parkway
What the case proposed
The application sought to amend Case 94SN0138 for setback exceptions allowing a convenience store to be built in front of the existing Shell station at the Publix Super Market at Crofton Village. A convenience store was already a permitted use on the parcel; the exceptions, for the building and the parking area, were needed to fit it on the site properly.
The store would serve patrons of the existing gas station and the surrounding neighborhood, and would block the view of the gas pumps from Charter Colony Parkway. The proposal included standards to ensure quality construction meeting the guidelines set out in the Midlothian Special Area Plan. Because of existing storm and sight line easements within the front setback, the applicant proposed a landscape design to minimize views from Charter Colony Parkway while keeping in line with the shopping center's landscape theme.
Who to contact
Questions and comments went to Balzer and Associates at (804) 794-0571, to Midlothian Planning Commissioner Frank Petroski, or to the zoning case manager, Drew Noxon, at (804) 748-1050.