RaceTrac coming to Findlay

Atlanta-based RaceTrac will start construction of a convenience store and truck stop on Findlay's north end by the end of the year, a company official said Thursday. Construction, north of County Road 99 and east of Interstate 75, should be complete by fall 2024, said Brendan Sexton, lead engineering project manager for RaceTrac. The facility will have an 8,100-square-foot convenience store, a 16-pump fueling station, five truck pump fueling lanes and a truck scale. The company will employ 25 to 30 people at the site, Sexton has said. It will occupy about 9 acres of nearly 58 acres to be annexed into the city of Findlay north of County Road 99 and east of Interstate 75. Findlay City Planning Commission on Thursday recommended zoning for the area when it is annexed by City Council. The planning commission recommended the vast majority of the tract be zoned light industrial and 1.3 acres be zoned for general commercial use. RaceTrac operates over 550 convenience stores in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. Separately, the planning commission conditionally approved use of 422 W. Hardin St. as an Airbnb by its owners, Fouad and Carla Dib. The couple resides in the other half of the duplex, 420 W. Hardin St. The commission stipulated that the Dibs must show documentation that they would provide 4 off-street parking spots.