TRIPLE S PLANNING COMMISSION – McDonald’s planned for Simpsonville

While gossip concerning Simpsonville’s future development has stalled recently, it seems there is finally some merit to the McDonald’s rumor.

On Tuesday, the Triple S Planning Commission will hear development plans for a McDonald’s restaurant planned for 1101 Buck Creek Road on the outskirts of the Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass, the lot formerly occupied by a BP station.

The restaurant will sit adjacent to two other newly established restaurants: Culvers and Bob Evans.

Triple S Executive Director Ryan Libke said the development plans request several waivers.

Regulations for their proposed 4,490 square-foot restaurant call for 60 parking spaces. However Libke said the officials with the restaurant have requested a waiver to reduce that number to 43 due to a lack of space.

“They can’t fit all he parking around the lot and they don’t feel they need that much parking,” Libke said.

In addition, the restaurant officials, he said, have requested a waiver for the required five-foot sidewalk around Buck Creek Road because they feel the majority of their patrons will visit by vehicle, rather than on foot, based on the location.

Libke, however, said his office is not in favor of such waiver.

“We recommended not to approve that request based on Bob Evens, Culvers, the Outlet Mall, and the widening of Buck Creek Road [all providing sidewalks],” he said. “We feel they (McDonald’s) should have them, too.”

The development plans also request a waiver to omit a required 5-foot landscape island around the drive-through.

The request, Libke said, is based on size and personal preference.

“They don’t like to feel like they trap people,” he said, noting the landscape island would prevent patrons from exiting the drive through line if they changed their minds.

In addition to the three waivers, three variances have also been requested, including reducing the required setback for a storage shelter adjacent to their trash corral, an 80-foot-tall and 350 square-foot hi-rise pylon sign, and to allow seven signs on the building, rather than the permitted single building sign.

And though the request of six additional signs seems extreme, Libke said he didn’t feel it was a problem.

“It’ll be in line with the one on Frankfort Road,” he said. “They had a variance for theirs.”

Libke said anything from the small golden “M” to the word McDonald’s counts as a building sign.

“The little golden arches are considered a sign,” he said. “So it shouldn’t be too bad on that.”

The property is zoned Commercial (C) with Building Exterior Quality Overlay District.

Breas Crossing

On Tuesday officials with The Woda Group will present their planned unit development for Breas Crossing which will include 44 units on 3 tracts of land along with a community building at Squire Circle and Daniel Street, just west of Boone Station Road in Shelbyville.

Libke said he believes the development will be patio or townhome units with one or two bedrooms and one-car garages, and will consist of rows of eight connected properties.

Also at the meeting, the commission will hear requests for:

A final subdivision plat for Persimmon Ridge, Section 17. The final plat proposes eight lots. It is zoned Agricultural (A) with PUD designation.

An amended final plat for Hidden Creek Woods, Section 1, Lot 25. The plat proposes to remove the 50 feet reserved for future roadway designation, remove the 100 feet and 150 feet building limit along the east property line, and divide Tract A from the lot so it can be sold. The property is zoned A.

An agricultural division to divide the property into Tract 1 (15 acres) and a Residual Tract (19.76 acres). The property is zoned A.

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