With a popular convenience store inching toward opening, a southern Brunswick County town is placing tighter restrictions on incoming convenience stores and truck stops.
The town of Shallotte has placed new standards on convenience stores and truck stops, restricting the businesses to major highways. With less than 10 operating gas stations in the roughly 10-square-mile town, could new standards mean something bigger is on the way?
The town has seen an increased interest in building gas stations and convenience stores recently, Town Planner Brandon Eaton said. On May 5, the Shallotte Board of Aldermen held a public hearing and unanimously approved a proposed unified development ordinance amendment that sets higher standards…