Council approves Terrible’s convenience store and gas station at Pebble Creek Plaza

Goodyear — The City Council on Aug. 25 approved a use permit for a Terrible’s convenience store and gas station on a 1.29‑acre parcel just north of the Pebble Creek Plaza center, allowing a roughly 5,200‑square‑foot store and a canopy with four pumps serving up to eight vehicles at a time.

Senior planner Kyle Abbott said the project will include 27 parking spaces, building elevations consistent with the plaza’s palette, and a building height below the C‑2 district maximum. Site access will be right‑in/right‑out from Pebble Creek Parkway and Virginia Avenue, plus circulation through the plaza drive aisle; the nearest apartments are 120 feet to the east across the RID Canal.

Abbott said planning staff held a neighborhood meeting with one attendee who supported the project and one follow‑up e‑mail expressing concern about lights and bright signage. He said outdoor lighting and signage must comply with the city’s lighting and sign regulations. The planning and zoning commission recommended conditional approval 6‑0.

Brett Griffin, a development manager for Terrible’s, told council the family‑owned company is expanding in the Phoenix market and intends to own and operate sites long term. “Family owned and operated convenience store company going back 65 plus years. We're based out of Las Vegas, and we're making a push to open about 40 to 50 stores in the Phoenix Metro,” Griffin said.

The council approved the use permit (motion and second recorded) and the vote passed 7‑0. Staff noted that signage and lighting will be reviewed separately with building and sign permits and that traffic engineers will review the site’s traffic impact analysis during final review.