The maternal grandparents of my husband, Larry Baker Gale, Dr. John Stover Gaskin, MD and Dr. Madge Baker Gaskin, MD were early 1920s graduates of the Medical College of South Carolina. Madge Baker Gaskin was one of the first female physicians in the Palmetto State. We recently found out that Dr. Madge’s father was Reverend Andrew Charles Baker, a Baptist minister who pastored several churches in Aiken.
I found that interesting, since I have family from the Barnwell and Blackville area near Aiken.
My husband did further research on his family and found an article on the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America website. The article was from an issue of the Baptist Courier dated October 5, 1905. The article stated. “Rev. A.C. Baker, whose home is at Monroe, N.C. has been called to the Salley and Wagener Churches and recalled to the Rocky Grove Church for next year. He will be called to one of two others and will move in to his field about December 1. Rev. Baker will receive a warm welcome to South Carolina.”
The article goes on to say “Along with A.C. Baker and wife and Bro. L.J. Bristow, the writer was entertained in the hospitable home of Bro. J.T. Dorrity. He is a large cotton planter and owns an orange grove in Florida, where he spends the winter.”
It was exciting news to me that Rev. Baker had pastored churches in Aiken County since my family once owned Hampton Hill Plantation in present day Aiken, South Carolina.
Editor’s note: Aiken’s Hampton Hill Plantation was located near the present-day Dibble Road in Kalmia Hills. The 114-acre farm was bought in 1852 by distinguished botanist, Henry William Ravenel, whose experimental efforts with various fruit crops led to the successful establishment of productive orchards where he grew grapes, figs, peaches and other fruits.
This research led me to learn more about Rocky Grove Baptist Church. Rocky Grove Church was founded in 1812. It is located in Salley, South Carolina. The current church was built in 1951 using some of the timbers from their older building. The church website states that, in 1954, the church records were sent to Furman University for copying and preserving.
Mount Pleasant Memorial Baptist Cemetery, Aiken County, S.C.
I also wanted to learn more about Bro. R.T. Dorrity whose name was mentioned in the Baptist Courier which stated Rev. Baker was “entertained in the hospitable home of Bro. R.T. Dorrity”.
Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of South Carolina Regular Session Commencing January 8, 1901 Volume II, Part 1 lists “Thirty-Second Annual Report 318009 of the State Superintendent of Education of the State of South Carolina 1900”. Under Township and City Assessors ORANGEBURG COUNTY Appointed February 23, 1899 Rocky Grove Township… R.T. Dorrity.
The Report of M.R. Cooper, Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 1900 and Ending December 1900, under Township and City Assessors Orangeburg County Appointed February 25, 1899 under Rocky Grove Township also lists R.T. Dorrity.
Researching Rev. Baker’s companion, Bro. L.J. Bristow also interested me. According to a Baptist Journal, Pastor L.T. Bristow of Abbeville attended a meeting with Dr. Howard Lee Jones of Charleston L.T. Bristow married Caroline Winkler. Caroline’s father was Edwin Theodore Winkler, DD, LLD. The Newspapers by Ancestry obituary website states “Dr. Winkler was born in Savannah in 1823, entered Brown University in 1839, attended Newton Theological Seminary in 1843, and in 1845 was assistant editor of the Christian Index.”
The obituary also noted that Winkler was at one time the pastor of the Citadel Square Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and in 1872 became pastor of Siloam Baptist Church in Marion, Alabama. His Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred upon him by Furman University in South Carolina.
Dr. Winkler authored several theological commentaries that are currently still in print.
It was a great surprise to me that Baptist pastor L.J. Bristow’s daughter was Gwen Bristow, born in Marion, SC, the best-selling American author and journalist who was a close personal friend of notable science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. Bristow attended Anderson Baptist College in Anderson, South Carolina for one year before transferring to Judson College in Marion, Alabama. Bristow graduated from Judson College in 1924, the year her parents moved to New Orleans.
After college, she attended the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia University, where she became a secretary for a Polish baroness of Riverside Drive. Gwen then moved back home to live with her parents in New Orleans on the grounds of Southern Baptist Hospital, where her father had become superintendent.
According to the South Carolina Academy of Authors, Gwen Bristow wrote over a dozen books, some translated into eleven different languages, and several of which were made into movies. I remember as a young girl reading her book Celia Garth: A Story of Charleston in the Revolution.
Bristow earned a place in such biographical and critical works as Current Biography, Contemporary Authors, Atlantic Monthly, Times Literary Supplement, New York Times Book Review, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in American Women.
South Carolina has a rich history of distinguished residents with interesting stories to tell for all who call the Palmetto State their home.
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Margaret McNab Gale (“Peggy”) holds a Master’s in Information and Library Science from the University of South Carolina. She has written over 50 articles on the history of South Carolina in journals and newspapers throughout South Carolina, and she has given many presentations to audiences around the state. A passionate genealogist, she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century, the Daughters of 1812, and the Jamestowne Society. With her husband, Larry, she owns computer consulting and security firm Perceptual Systems and a photography company, Larry Gale Photography.
The City of Aiken’s aggressive northward expansion of its sewer and water services has already cost millions of dollars.
by Don Moniak* September 2024
Aiken County’s first 7-11 Convenience Store and gas station is near completion and expected to open in grand fashion this week. Fans of the company who are traveling on I-20 will enjoy quick and easy access via Exit 22. Aiken-area residents will have easy access driving north on luxurious, five-lane Highway 1 North, aka Columbia Highway.
This 7-11 Store on the north side of Exit 22 was made possible in part by two local government decisions: the expansion of the City of Aiken’s Sewer and Water District in 2020 and, once the new infrastructure was in place, Aiken City Council’s approval of sewer and water services in late 2022.
In December 2020, Aiken County Council gave final approval to an “Ordinance Approving The Request Of The City Of Aiken To Expand Its Service Area Or District For Water And Sanitary Sewer Services To Include Certain Unincorporated Areas Located Generally North Of Interstate 20…As Are More Specifically Shown On The Attached Map.”
Support for this expansion of the City’s utility services was expressed in a July 10, 2020, letter (Figure 1) to County Administrator Clay Killian, in which City Manager Stuart Bedenbaugh wrote, in part:
“We have received multiple inquiries from various entities over the last 18 months about water and sewer service availability for possible residential and commercial development in this proposed new area.”
The map of the proposed expansion showed an extension of the boundaries of the City’s water district East Frontage Road to Wire Road, and north of Exits 22 and 19, whereas the previous boundary was Shiloh Church Road (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Letter from Aiken City Manager Stuart Bedenbaugh to Aiken County Administrator Clay Killian, requesting an extension of the City’s sewer and water services boundary. Click to enlargeFigure 2. Map showing City of Aiken Water and Sewer District expansion boundaries. The prior boundary north of I-20 was Shiloh Church Road. From Aiken County Council Agenda Packet, December 8, 2020.
The Highway 1/Exit 22 Area Expansion
Millions of dollars have already been spent on the City’s northward water and sewer system expansion. The expansion along Highway One, north past Exit 22, was made possible through three recent major infrastructure projects.
— In October 2020, the Parallel Sewer Improvements Project was released for bid. The project provided extensions within the existing district that were necessary for some of the future expansion. In this case, lines were extended to I-20, and further into Verenes Park. The winning bid award was $0.603 million.
— In October, 2021, nine months after the County Council approved an expansion, the City put out a request for bids for 922 feet of utility line extensions along Highway One North (Figure 4). The project was then combined with four other utility extension projects to form a single Water and Sewer Utility Extensions 2022 contract—with four of the five projects involving only expansion around between Exits 18 and 22. (1)
On April 1, 2022, the job was awarded to Corley Construction of Columbia, whose winning bid was $2.036 million.
When combined with I-20, Exit 18-area (2) utility extension projects, the total costs for completed and/or planned and funded infrastructure northward expansion to date is more than $6 million. A safe estimate for the new infrastructure north of I-20 that enabled the 7-11 to open is probably $0.75 to $1.0 million.
These northerly expansion projects have moved forward, without question, at the same time that the City’s existing customers have experienced chronic issues of discolored water and water main breaks and associated boil water advisories—with 36 such latter events in this calendar year alone.
Figure 3. Map of Sewer Line Extension Project. Figure 4: The Water and Sewer Line extensions on Hwy 1, showing the readiness for service at two undeveloped locations owned by AOD of Aiken LLC and Nex Ventures Deli LLC.
The Beneficiaries
Thus far, the first and only beneficiary of the City’s utilities infrastructure expansion is the owner of the new 7-11 Convenience Store and gas station.(3) More users of this new, expensive sewer and water infrastructure have yet to emerge, but are likely inevitable as the City of Aiken and Aiken County continue to combine forces to assist in advancing development to the north of Exit 22.
One near-future beneficiary will likely include an Aiken-based investment and holding firm called AOD LLC (Agent Ray Massey). Along with West Side Two LLC, AOD purchased a 17.23-acre parcel along Hwy 1, between Fulmer and Shiloh Church Roads, in March 2020 for $600,000–just four months before Mr. Bedenbaugh’s letter to the County. According to the city’s GIS maps and project drawings, the newly installed infrastructure already ties in with the property. (4)
Today, the AOD property (Figure 5) is being listed for sale by Coward and McNeil Real Estate at $400,000 per acre—a vivid illustration of the value added by the establishment of water and sewer services. The realtor’s advertisement describes the 7-11 as a “major development project,” involving a “global brand (that) will drive tremendous traffic numbers directly to both sites.”
Two other probable development sites include a 0.96-acre parcel owned by a Lexington, SC resident that is directly across from the 7-11; and an adjacent 4.2-acre parcel owned by Nex Ventures, a North Augusta company whose businesses include self-storage facilities.
Figure 5. Looking south towards Exit 22 from Fulmer Road, showing 2022 (top) vs early 2024 (bottom). The property on the right is owned by AOD LLC and is presently being listed for $400,000 per acre. Figure 6. City of Aiken sewer and water system in Exit 22 area. The infrastructure north of Exit 22, as well as smaller portions to the south, has been developed in the past several years.
Figure 7. SC Water Line Extension at Exit 18. The 2500 foot line begins at the “12 Inch Water Crossing,” which is to the far right/East. The image is from the project drawings, but inverted for clarity due to the original being southside-up. A housing development is being planned along the new water line route.
(2) As reported in Aiken Takes on Exit 18, the City of Aiken is also proceeding with the $3.5 million Northside Sewer Gravity Lift Station north of I-20 on Gregory Road, and have obtained sewer easements from the lift station to Highway 19.
When the lift station is added to the other I-20 area projects, the total early costs of expansion will almost exceed $6 million.
Investigating the ownership of the property led to a geniune, rhetorical rabbit hole that only confirmed the complexity of these developments; and serves as an instructional example.
The applicant is C4 CStore Holding III, whose agent is the ubiquitious Capital Corporate Service, Inc. The latter’s listed agent is National Data Access Corporation, which in turn has Michelle Pagan of 2 Office Park Court, Suite 103 in Columbia, SC as its agent. Many other similar paths lead to Ms. Pagan, who maintains a rigid level of confidentiality for her customers.
AOD Aiken (Agent Ray Massey), Michael McNeil, and Z&B Enterprise (Agent Royal Robbins) are all listed in the County record at 830 Colony Parkway, the business place of Coward & McNeil Real Estate, LLC.
Cardasa LLC (Agent Catherine Naranjo) is listed at 237 Park Avenue, SW, Suite 215 in the Secretary of State’s database, but at 831 Hayne Avenue in the County land record. The latter address is owned by G-Mar-C Enterprises, LLC of 1008 Old Graniteville Highway, Aiken, SC (Agent George Crawford), whose information in the Secretary of State’s office is up to date. The latter address is owned in trust by two other parties.
AOD Aiken (Agent Ray Massey) is listed at 210 Colony Parkway, the business place of the law firm of Smith Massey Brodie Guynn and Mayes, in the Secretary of State’s business entities database, but at 830 Colony Parkway in the County land record.
Z&B Enterprises (Agent Royal Robbins) is listed in the Secretary of State database at 239 Midland Drive, Graniteville, an area zoned RC in the Midland Valley Golf Club subdivision, but at 830 Colony Parkway in the County land record. The Midland Drive property was sold by Frances Michaelis to Krisha Wall in September of 2021.
Since 2019, the property has had three changes in ownership:
In March 2019, nine months before County Council extended the City of Aiken’s sewer and water service boundaries, AOD Aiken LLC and Cardasa LLC purchased the property, composed of two parcels, for $329,000.
On March 22, 2023, AOD LLC sold a one-quarter interest in the the property to Z and B enterprises, LLC for $5. The conveyance was signed by Robin Robbins on behalf of both AOD LLC and Z and B Enterprises. (below). Ray Massey signed the affidavit as the closing attorney. (The county records list Michael McNeil as the seller, but the RMC deed record does not).
On March 22, 2023, AOD LLC sold another one-quarter interest in the property to Michael S McNeil for $5. The conveyance was signed by Mr. McNeil under AOD LLC. Again, Ray Massey was the closing attorney.
AOD LLC and Caradasa LLC appear to have retained a collective 1/2 interest.
(4) In May 2023, Aiken City Council met in Executive Session to discuss the provision of sewer and water service to a major new business at Exit 18. This turned out to be related to “Project Unicorn.”
It should not be assumed that the location actually was Exit 18, and not Exit 22, for the following reason:
In November 2023, City Council met in another Executive Session to discuss the provision of sewer and water service to an industry seeking to locate in Verenes Industrial Park, known as Project Sunny.
However, the proposed location of Project Sunny turned out to be not in Verenes Industrial Park, but along East Frontage Road to the northeast of Verenes.
It is not improbable that the major new business at Exit 18, aka “Project Unicorn,” and widely reputed to be a Buc-cee’s store, was, in fact, being considered at Exit 22. According to city officials, the project is no longer being discussed—but could return.
Parker’s Kitchen’s Simplistic, Single-Variable Approach to Residential Neighborhood Concerns.
by Don Moniak September 15, 2024
The Savannah-based Parker’s Kitchen gas station and convenience store chain is making a big splash in the Augusta-Aiken market. The company’s expansion into the area involves at least ten new stores—five on the Augusta side of the river, five on the Aiken County side.
The design of Parker’s gas stations and convenient stores are typical of our modern landscapes. The company’s standard store has eight fueling stations and ~5,000 square-foot, 24-hour convenient stores that feature fried chicken and hot-bar breakfasts and lunches—similar in size and amenities to those found at new or updated Circle K’s, Sprint, Pilot, and QT stations.
In Aiken County, the company has obtained approval from local governments to open four stores—two in North Augusta and two in Aiken (Figure 1). All four stores share the trait of being located in existing, well-established commercial and/or industrial districts relatively distant—500 feet or more— from residential neighborhoods. These Parker’s locations have been established without any citizen outcry.
(Figure 1 below: The four approved Parker’s Kitchen locations in Aiken County. The Richland Avenue store has opened for business, the Edgefield Road location in North Augusta is in the site preparation process, the Hwy 1/I-520 store is preparing to open, and the East Pine log location remains in the pre-development stage. Click to enlarge.)
Richland Avenue, WestEdgefield Road/Ascuaga Lake RdHwy 1/I-520East Pine Log Road/Hwy 78
Parker’s Kitchen has only encountered organized citizen opposition at sites that were too close for comfort for residents of older, well-established neighborhoods. In the past year, both Columbia County and the City of Aiken rejected proposed Parker’s locations on South Belair Road and Whiskey Road, respectively, due largely to formidable neighborhood opposition.
In June 2024, the company failed in its attempt to establish its presence in South Aiken at the busy and dangerous intersection of Whiskey Road, Powderhouse Road, and Stratford Drive. There, six months of sustained opposition centered on a myriad of concerns that included noise and light pollution, exposure to benzene and other chemical hazards, Whiskey Road’s chronic traffic congestion at an already dangerous intersection, the risks of fuel truck accidents that could block the only access to two large neighborhoods, incidences of crime at 24-hour convenient stores, a complex zoning issue, and proximity to nearby homes—in this case ~300 feet.
After losing the Stratford and Whiskey Road fight to a well informed and organized community that already had three years of experience fighting city hall, Parker’s sought a new location on Whiskey Road.
This time around, the site is a half-mile to the south, at the corner of Chukker Creek and Whiskey Roads (1). Although some of the same issues as the Stratford location remain, this latest effort is very likely to gain local governmental approvals.
Unlike the abandoned Stratford and Whiskey location, the intersection of Chukker Creek and Whiskey Roads has the advantages being at a less complicated and safer intersection, and being in the unincorporated portion of the county within a zoning district—Urban Development (UD)—that has minimal restrictions on commercial and light industrial developments.
The City of Aiken’s only role is to approve a simple water and sewer service request—which are rarely denied—and not a zoning change and development concept plan. Another advantage for such developments is that, except for traffic issues, City Council approval does not directly impact any city voters.
At the same time, several issues that drew opposition to the Stratford and Whiskey proposal will remain. Most notable is the increased traffic at a busy intersection which, in this case, is the only routine access point to Whiskey Road from Chukker Creek Elementary School— a concern already raised by a nearby resident during the City’s Planning Commission meeting on September 10th (15:40 mark).
The proximity to homes (Figure 2) also remains an issue. The nearest neighbor, whose home is only 150 feet away from the site boundary (Figure 3) wrote a letter of concern (page 46 ) to the Planning Department and Commission.
(Figure 2, below. Parker’s Kitchen proposed locations near existing residential neighborhoods. Click to enlarge).
Chukker Creek/WWhiStratford/Powderhouse/Whiskey RoadFigure 3, above. Comments by an Aiken County resident to City of Aiken Planning Department. The resident’s property is adjacent to the proposed Parker’s Kitchen. The only separation will be a ten-foot buffer. The developer has agreed to a (six to eight foot) privacy fence. Click to enlarge. See Page 41 for conceptual layout of the proposed gas station and convenient store. Click to enlarge.
Parker’s Simplistic Answer Regarding Life Near A Major Gas Station.
In April of 2023, Parker’s responded to the issue of the proximity of homes to gas stations by submitting a simplistic, single-variable analysis to Aiken City Council (2).
The motivation behind the company’s submission was a singular public comment:
“A comment has been mentioned that there are no convenience stores located near residential properties in Aiken. The following is some examples of several that are. There are pictures of the measurements from the Aiken County GPS maps included.”
The report that followed cited five gas stations in and around the city that are closer than 300 feet to at least one neighboring residential property. Parker’s looked only at one variable—the distance between existing gas stations and the nearest home; but not necessarily to the nearest residential neighborhood.
The company’s submission to Council ignored the numerous variables directly related to residential proximity to gas stations that were repeatedly raised by concerned citizens; including access to and from neighborhoods, operating hours, impacts on property values, the prevalence of crime, routine exposure to chemicals, and the consequences of a fuel truck accident during deliveries.
The company’s implication was that if people live near another gas station, then it must be acceptable to site a new gas station near where people live.
A second set of variables ignored in the “analysis” were facility size and age— the five comparison fueling sites are one-eighth to one-half the size of the standard Parker’s Kitchen eight-pump gas stations and 5,000 square-foot stores (Figure 4).
Four of the five comparison gas stations were built in the 20th century before the City’s current zoning ordinance was in effect. With few exceptions, current nearby residents chose to live near a gas station; whereas Parker’s was, and is, choosing to establish itself near residents who did not op to live near a major gas station and 24-hour convenience store.
Parker’s Comparison Gas Stations
The first Parker’s Kitchen to locate in Aiken County is at the intersection of Richland Avenue and the Hwy 118 bypass, site of the former Dick Smith auto dealership. The development was welcomed by, and faced zero opposition from, a community accustomed to viewing an increasingly blighted property at the western gateway into Aiken.
The station is typical of modern Parker’s facilities—eight fuel stations and a 5,600 square-foot convenience store and restaurant on more than three acres. (Figure 4)
Figure 4: The new Parker’s Kitchen at West Richland Avenue/Jefferson Davis Hwy and the Hwy 118 bypass/Hitchcock Parkway on the edge of the city limits. The business replaced a vacant, blighted auto dealership. Figure 5: The two-pump, diesel-free, Shell station and convenience store at Huntsman Drive and Hitchcock Parkway. (Google Earth photo)
The characteristics of this typical Parker’s facility contrasts sharply with the five gas stations company representatives chose to prove that some people do live close to gas stations.
The first example (Figure 5, above) was the “Huntsman Shell on the Hitchcock Parkway (which) is contiguous to the residence at 70 Deerwood Dr.”
The Huntsman Shell station at 1830 Huntsman Drive was constructed in 1986, has two fuel pumps ( but no diesel), and is located on 0.42 acres—but within a larger shopping plaza of 1.5 acres. The convenience store itself is only 2,000 square feet.
Figure 6. Sprint on East Pine Log. Note the tree buffer in the rear. The only access points are on East Pine Log Road itself. (Google Earth photo)
The second example (Figure 6, above) was the newer “Sprint store on (912) East Pine Log Rd….contiguous to two residences in the Gatewood neighborhood.”
Built in 2008, it is the only one of the five comparison facilities that was subject to the existing Zoning Ordinance.
The size is comparable: six pumps spread across three fueling stations; and a 3,500 square-foot convenient store.
But the business only occupies an acre of land, there is no vehicle access to the adjacent Gatewood community, and a sixty-foot forested buffer separates it from the nearest neighbor.
In comparison, Parker’s proposal at the Chukker Creek location is a ten-foot buffer that may or may not involve a vegetative screen.
Figure 7. The Circle K at Banks Mill and East Pine Log. (Photo courtesy of Aiken County land database.) The house in the background is the City’s Parks and Recreation Headquarters. (Photo courtesy of Aiken County Assessor’s Office).
The third example (Figure 7, above) was a “Circle K store located only 150′ from the ‘swimming pool’ located at 332 Woodbridge Road.”
The facility is located on 1.72 acres at 1011 East Pine Log Road, at the junction of Banks Mill and East Pine Log Road. It has four fueling islands and four pumps, no access to nearby neighborhoods, and was built in 1996. The convenience store is 3,345 square feet.
There is no direct access to the nearby Gatewood Community, and a 0.72 acre forested parcel with a detention pond sits between the Circle K and the “swimming pool” property, providing a 110 foot buffer.
Figure 8. Circle K on Hitchcock Parkway. (Google Earth photo)
The fourth example (Figure 8, above) was the “Circle K store located at 315 Hitchcock Parkway…contiguous to the residence at 70 Augusta Rd.”
This gas station is not even within the city of Aiken and there is only the one resident within 500 feet.
Located on 1.6 acres, the facility has only two fueling islands with a total of four pumps, no access to and from any nearby neighborhoods, and features a convenience store of only 1815 square feet.
Figures 9 and 10. The City of Aiken’s small fueling station at the Engineering and Utilities Department on Dupont Street; within an open and and parklike landscape. (Photos by Don Moniak)
The final, and most comical, example (above) was “The City of Aiken’s gas & diesel pumps (that) are only 120′ from the residence at 915 Jones Dr. and also only 145′ from the residence at 916 Jones St.”
The city’s fueling station at 240 DuPont Drive has two fuel pumps on a single fuel station island. The property was developed in 1974 for the engineering and utilities department.
It is within a shaded, scenic, well-managed landscape. There are two lights above the pumps—not much brighter than a street light. There is no convenient store associated with the fuel pumps, and the fueling station is generally only used during daytime hours.
Summary
As Parker’s Kitchen has grown throughout this area, substantial opposition has emerged to its plans only when the company has tried to shoehorn a large modern gas station and convenience store close to established neighborhoods.
The company’s analysis in 2023 of older gas stations that are within 300 feet of homes offered only that single variable—distance to a home—while ignoring the justifications for citizen concerns.
Essentially, unless a neighbor can prove an older, smaller gas station has made them sick or damaged their property values—both very hard cases to prove even when true—then Parkers views as appropriate the siting of substantially larger and louder gas stations/convenience stores near other neighborhoods.
Figure 11. The Racer’s gas station and convenience store at the junction of Vaucluse Road, Trolley Line Road, Hampton Avenue, and Shore Drive (Six Points). It too is within a few hundred feet of several nearby residents, but is a fraction of the size of a Parker’s Kitchen. In the early 2000’s it was plagued by robberies until it ended 24-hour service.
Footnotes
(1) The two properties are:
A 1.8-acre forested parcel that is zoned Urban Development by Aiken County. The property is classed as Agricultural use, resulting in a market land value of only $420 and tax assessment of only $20. This is despite the fact that agricultural usage requires a minimal of five acres.
A 2.0-acre forested parcel that is zoned Urban Development and classed as Commercial use by the County Assessor’s Office. The land value is listed as $350,000.
It was then only referenced as being the handiwork of Parker’s Kitchen during the first, and only Public Hearing that evening.
The submittal reappeared in the June 12, 2023, informational packet, that time with Parker’s identified as the author. It was at the June 12th meeting that the concept plan Ordinance “died” for lack of a Second to a Motion to approve.
Past Stories Regarding the Parker’s Kitchen at Stratford and Whiskey, and Gas Stations in General
