The march of Super Wawa stores across Voorhees continues.
A zoning hearing is scheduled March 26 for a 5,051-square foot store with 16 fueling positions proposed on the west side of Route 73 with access from Kresson Road.
Several Voorhees zoning variances are required before Wawa can start the project. The Wawa would front on Route 73 on a smaller parcel of land in Evesham, where variances also are required, according to Wawa's site plans filed with Voorhees.
A Super Wawa on the site of an older Wawa on Burnt Mill Road was approved February 13 by the Zoning Board. Wawa is proposing yet another Super Wawa on the east side of Route 73 near Cooper Road, just over two miles from the planned one near Kresson Road. No hearing has been scheduled for that application.
The Kresson Road proposal calls for the Wawa to be built largely on a landlocked, tree-filled lot with the Evesham lot fronting Route 73. The main entrance would be from Route 73. A third, residential lot would be turned into a driveway connecting to Kresson Road. "A right-in/right-out driveway is proposed along Route 73, and a driveway is proposed on Kresson Road which will restrict left-turn egress," according to the application to Voorhees Zoning Board.
A larger development at the location that included a Wawa and a Tractor Supply Co. was rejected by the township in August 2018.
The landlocked lot and the one fronting Route 73 are owned by VRI-W/J&J-Voorhees I LLC and the Kresson Road lot is owned by Walter and Bobbi Jean Heil, according to Wawa's application. Through different real estate development companies, VRI-W/J&J-Voorhees is owned by James and Jeff Angeloni and Paul P. Braungart, the application notes.
Fifty-four parking spaces would be on the site. A traffic study estimates the new Wawa would generate 210 enter/exit trips at morning peak, 175 enter/exit trips at evening peak and 163 enter/exit trips on Saturday peak hours, according to the application.
Among the variances sought for the project:
- Proposed use for a Wawa is not permitted for the Rural Residential Zone that contains lots.
- Minimum front yard setback is 50 feet. Wawa proposes 0 feet.
- Minimum residential zone buffer width is 50 feet. Wawa proposes 14.1 feet.
- Minimum office use buffer width is 25 feet. Wawa proposes 14.1 feet.
- Development with at least 100 feet frontage on public street may have a sign. Wawa's project has lot frontage of 73 feet; it wants a sign.
- Drive aisles not permitted within the buffer area. Wawa wants a drive.
