County Reviewing Plans For Burger King And JP Convenience Store

The Oconee County Development Review Committee is in the process of evaluating plans submitted by Jones Petroleum of Jackson for a combination Burger King and a convenience store with 10 fuel dispensers at the northwest corner of Mars Hill Road and U.S. 78.

William B. Jones submitted to the county a preliminary plat and preliminary site plan on Jan. 7 for what is described as Phase 1 of the project, which ultimately could involve 32 acres owned by Jones and rezoned for commercial development by the Board of Commissioners in May of last year.

The Development Review Committee is continuing its review of the submitted materials before signing off on the preliminary plat and preliminary site plan.

An earlier draft of the preliminary site plan received by the county on Oct. 28 of last year listed completion of construction in 2020. That Oct. 28 site plan listed construction of Phase 2 of the project from 2020 through 2023.

Phase 2, according to zoning documents, includes a big box anchor store, two retail stores, a commercial office and institutional building, a 200-room hotel, and five buildings for retail or fast food restaurants.

Jones has not submitted plans for Phase 2 of the project.

In August of last year the Board of Commissioners also approved a special use request by property owned by Barbara Gasaway further west on U.S. 78. That request included a proposal for a boutique hotel and conversion of the existing columned-home for an event venue.

No documents for that project have been submitted to the Development Review Committee.

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