Dutch Bros and new Casey’s planned to be built here
Developers are planning to bring two new corporate businesses to Henderson—a Dutch Bros coffee stand that will have a North Elm Street address and a Casey’s convenience store located at the corner of South Green Street and Borax Drive.
The Dutch Bros stand is planned to be located next to an apartment complex on the North Elm Street side of the business and between Taco John’s and Rally’s on the U.S. 41 side.
According to plans submitted to the staff of the Henderson City-County Planning Commission, an entrance/exit will be on North Elm Street and the developers intend to use the Rally’s entrance/exit on U.S. 41 as well.
The plan will be reviewed at the planning commission’s Land Development Committee meeting on Tuesday, and a site plan approval request should be on the next agenda for the planning commission’s regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 3.
Additionally, the Casey’s plan shows the location at the corner of Borax Drive and South Green Street in front of the Henderson County Detention Center. Plans show for 10 gasoline pumps, a 40-foot by 78-foot building and entrance/exit on both South Green Street and Borax Drive.
Like the Dutch Bros siting plan, the Casey’s plan will be reviewed at the planning commission’s Land Development Committee meeting on Tuesday, and a site plan approval request should be on the next agenda for the planning commission’s regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 3.
Fiscal court sends wind energy ordinance back to planning commission for a public hearing
At Tuesday’s Henderson County Fiscal Court meeting, the court accepted the draft ordinance regarding wind energy conversion systems that Henderson City-County Planning Commission staff had written and sent it back to the planning commission for that body to hold a public hearing on it.
In September, the planning commission originated the WECS draft ordinance, which fulfilled a directive that had come from the fiscal court to write a WECS draft ordinance, a beginning step in the process for it to become law.
At the statutorily mandated public hearing scheduled for Dec. 1, the planning commission will again take public comment on the draft ordinance and then make a recommendation to be sent back to the fiscal court for a final vote.
During a planning commission meeting in September, Brian Bishop, the executive director of the planning commission, introduced the proposed ordinance. He said that a 200-feet height limit was chosen because it aligns with other regulations that are in place in Henderson County, such as a 200-feet height limit on cell towers.
The height limit, though, came under scrutiny during that meeting when some residents said they were concerned a wind turbine developer would be allowed to go through a variance process on the height limit, which is also a piece of the originated ordinance. Residents were concerned that a developer could conceivably locate a wind turbine taller than 200 feet by going through the variance process.
If that were attempted, the company would need to seek approval from the county’s Board of Zoning Adjustments at a public hearing. And if a meeting for a variance were held, residents who live within five miles of the proposed site of a wind would be notified of the meeting and its agenda.
Additionally, the proposed ordinance includes other restrictive measures. Read about the proposal in a previous article here.
