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Commission approves Midwest Petroleum variance to fill county stream buffer for Festus station expansion
Summary
The Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission approved variance VR25010 allowing Midwest Petroleum to alter a county-designated stream buffer at 11845 Highway CC to permit a new convenience store, diesel canopy and associated grading, subject to conditions and further engineering review. The vote was 4–2 with one abstention.
Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commissioners approved a variance (VR25010) that will allow Midwest Petroleum to place fill and regrade land inside a county-identified stream buffer at 11845 Highway CC, on the northwest corner of Highway CC and U.S. 67 near Festus. The motion passed by roll call, 4 yes, 2 no and 1 abstain.
Petitioners told the commission the 3.87-acre site is bisected by a stream buffer that, as mapped by county staff, removes roughly one‑third of the usable area. Attorney Evan Sullivan, representing Midwest Petroleum, said the expansion would replace an existing three‑pump station with a convenience store, add a diesel canopy for trucking customers and close an on‑site sewer lagoon to connect the store to public sewer.
The variance package included a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional determination and a watershed delineation. Sullivan said the Corps concluded…
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