Dollar General to build new store along STH 13 in Abby
The Dollar General store in Abbotsford will be moving out of its home in the East Town Mall and into a new standalone building on STH 13, based on plans reviewed by the city’s planning commission last week.
The commission voted to recommend approval of a conditional-use permit for the new store at 313 S. Fourth St. — in between Computer TR and Northern Vet Supply on STH 13 — at a meeting on March 11.
A certified survey map for the building site was also recommended for approval after Jim Lundberg of Point of Beginning spoke to the commission.
Lundberg said the proposal involves splitting and combining two parcels, both owned by Jim and Jenny Jakel, to create one new parcel with shared access to the highway. The new retail building will be located on the south end of the parcel, he said.
DPW Craig Stuttgen said the plan “looks great” to him, and the only question he had for Lundberg is whether the company had applied to the state for a highway access permit. Lundberg said they were “on the verge” of receiving the permit they need A conditional-use permit is always needed whenever the site to be developed is within a highway commercial zoning district, Stuttgen noted.
Jim Jakel, a member of the commission, abstained from voting on the permit and survey map.
Other business
The commission voted to recommend an amendment to the city’s contract with NAI Pfefferle of Wausau, which was hired last year to market the city-owned lots in the Schilling Meadows Subdivision to potential home-builders.
The original contract did not include a half-acre lot located next to a retention pond on the north side of Swamp Buck Drive. City administrator Dan Grady said the lot was originally left out of the listing agreement because there was a potential buyer at the time the contract was signed last year.
The vote was 3-2 in favor of amending the contract, with commissioners Jim Jakel, Paul Erickson and Mason Rachu voting yes, and commissioners Lori Voss and Jim Weix voting no.
During the conversation, Tony Morice of Pfefferle indicated that he has an offer to purchase for several of the lots in the subdivision. Commissioner Jim Weix asked what kind of buildings would be built on the lots, but that discussion was saved for closed session.
Morice and four unnamed parties were invited into the closed session to discuss a potential residential development in the Schilling Meadows subdivision. No action was taken in open.
