Planning committee sets May 20 hearing for Bank of America branch at 232 Green Springs Highway
April 16, 2024 | Homewood City, Jefferson County, Alabama
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The Homewood City Planning and Development Committee on April 15 voted 5-0 to set a public hearing for May 20 to consider a final development plan for a proposed Bank of America branch at 232 Green Springs Highway.
The item on the committee agenda describes a 4,235-square-foot, single-story branch with associated parking, landscaping and other site improvements. The agenda packet noted the planning commission issued a favorable recommendation on the application; the transcript did not provide a clear numeric tally for that recommendation.
Connor Patton, identifying himself as "Connor Patton with Kevin Horn, civil engineering in Birmingham," said he was representing Bank of America and walked members through the conceptual site plan. Patton said the design includes a drive-through ATM, removal of the front parking spaces adjacent to the Green Springs right-of-way for added landscaping, and two retaining walls "less than about 6 feet tall" that would be screened with landscaping. He said the bank prefers private trash pickup rather than a public dumpster enclosure, citing confidentiality concerns with bank waste.
A committee member asked whether the rendering included bicycle parking. Patton replied that the submitted images are prototypical and that final, site-specific details — including the decision to add a bike rack — had not been finalized: "These aren't exactly site specific, so things will be a little bit different from these renderings," he said.
On a procedural point earlier in the meeting, a member raised conflicting dates in the packet (May 6 vs. May 13) and the chair said staff would correct the record; the committee then approved the motion to set the hearing for May 20 and to send the item to that hearing without a recommendation. Councilor Waltney moved the motion and Councilor Sims seconded. The committee recorded the motion as passing 5-0.
The committee did not take final action on the development plan on April 15; the matter will return for the public hearing on May 20.
The item on the committee agenda describes a 4,235-square-foot, single-story branch with associated parking, landscaping and other site improvements. The agenda packet noted the planning commission issued a favorable recommendation on the application; the transcript did not provide a clear numeric tally for that recommendation.
Connor Patton, identifying himself as "Connor Patton with Kevin Horn, civil engineering in Birmingham," said he was representing Bank of America and walked members through the conceptual site plan. Patton said the design includes a drive-through ATM, removal of the front parking spaces adjacent to the Green Springs right-of-way for added landscaping, and two retaining walls "less than about 6 feet tall" that would be screened with landscaping. He said the bank prefers private trash pickup rather than a public dumpster enclosure, citing confidentiality concerns with bank waste.
A committee member asked whether the rendering included bicycle parking. Patton replied that the submitted images are prototypical and that final, site-specific details — including the decision to add a bike rack — had not been finalized: "These aren't exactly site specific, so things will be a little bit different from these renderings," he said.
On a procedural point earlier in the meeting, a member raised conflicting dates in the packet (May 6 vs. May 13) and the chair said staff would correct the record; the committee then approved the motion to set the hearing for May 20 and to send the item to that hearing without a recommendation. Councilor Waltney moved the motion and Councilor Sims seconded. The committee recorded the motion as passing 5-0.
The committee did not take final action on the development plan on April 15; the matter will return for the public hearing on May 20.
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