A longtime gas station and repair service garage property could be transformed into a convenience store and Pizza Hut near a busy intersection in Willingboro.
The applicant, Hargun Inc., is seeking preliminary and final major site plan, bulk and use variance relief, for the property at 102 John F. Kennedy Way, Block 721, Lot 35, in the B-3 Zone. The on-site gas station is to be in use as well.
The property sits at the corner of John F. Kennedy Way and Beverly Rancocas Road, backing up to Garfield Park.
It's located directly across the street from an existing Sunoco gas station and repair garage. The site is approximately a half-mile from Willingboro High School.
Willingboro Harmon's Market, Pizza Hut, gas station project
The proposal for the approximately 19,771-square-foot property is to reuse the existing structure as a one-story, 21-foot-tall convenience store.
It's to be branded as a Harmon’s Market and Pizza Hut, approximately 1,871 square feet in size. The gasoline fueling operation would remain.
According to the application, accessory improvements, including sidewalks, parking area restriping and accommodation for ADA spacing are proposed.
An illuminated fac?ade and wall-mounted business signs are also proposed for the convenience store use, the application said.
The applicant is seeking to use variance relief related to the proposed convenience store use. It's to constitute two combined principal uses on a single lot.
The bulk variance relief is also sought related to business signage, deficient lot area and parking shortfall and rear yard setback, the application said.
When is the Willingboro public zoning hearing?
The application and supporting documents are on file at the Willingboro Township Municipal Complex, which is located at One Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Members of Willingboro Township's zoning board are to host a virtual public hearing via Zoom at 7 p.m. April 2. The virtual meeting can be found at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86701733189?pwd=RTFWZ1M4MTZFRFFydExNS0xUTElCZz09
Go: Meeting ID, 867 0173 3189, using the password of 024314. Telephone users may dial in at 1-646-558-8686, using the password of 024314.
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