The Homewood Planning Commission voted 7–0 to approve a resurvey and to forward a final development plan that would allow a Valvoline Express Care building at 198 Green Springs Highway.

Park Grimmer, owner of Green Spring Center LLC, said the project will convert the former bank parcel into a 1,600-square-foot Valvoline building and expand the parcel to include the parking area behind the bank nearest the Mi Pueblo supermarket. "We're taking a little bit out of Parcel A — B is where Floor & Decor and Mi Pueblo are — and putting it into this to give that extra ... stacking lane coming into the Valvoline express oil," Grimmer said.

Russell Gartner, civil engineer representing HFA and the Valvoline final development plan team, described the site work: saw-cutting a new property line, repaving the area, installing utilities and stormwater controls, and adding landscaping. "The development is a redesign of the site. We're pretty much gonna saw cut where that new property line is and repave that whole area, put in our building, utilities, stormwater, and landscaping," Gartner said.

A Valvoline representative, James Bouthit, described operations as a quick-service oil-change model: about 15 minutes per vehicle, customers remain in their cars, and used and new oils will be stored in a waterproofed basement and removed by tanker trucks. "Everything is kept in the basement ... the used oil set in that basement, double walled tank," he said, describing procedures for storage and weekly removal.

Commissioners asked about visibility from Green Springs, access points, and screening to soften the building façade. Commissioners confirmed the primary curb cut and traffic pattern will use the same Green Springs Highway entrance used by the prior bank and that two former curb cuts will be closed and landscaped.

The commission conditioned approval of the final development plan on landscaping/screening to soften the image of the building from Green Springs and on sign permitting compliance with the city's sign ordinance. The resurvey (case RS2510O1) passed unanimously in a separate vote; the final development plan (FD2510O2) was approved 7–0 and will go to city council for permitting, including signage review and any further refinement of landscape screening.

The applicant said construction timing depends on site work and feasibility of installing a basement; the applicant indicated a target opening "by late next year," subject to due diligence and permitting.

Votes at a glance:
- RS2510O1 (resurvey of 198 Green Springs Highway): Motion approved 7–0 (Wilcutt, Harwell, Rispinto, Henninger, Andress, Gulas, Roberts voting yes).
- FD2510O2 (final development plan for Valvoline): Motion approved 7–0; forwarded to city council with a condition that signage obtain separate permits and with additional screening to be worked out during council review.

Park Grimmer and the project team said the center-wide parking lot will be resurfaced and repainted as part of broader center maintenance once the project moves forward. The commission members noted the project will replace existing drive-through-style uses at the site and that the development plan does not approve signage, which must follow the city's sign ordinance and separate permitting.