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Planning commission recommends denial of Quick Trip convenience store and gasoline sales permit at I‑35 / Solon Road site
Summary
After extensive staff concerns about signage, easements and incomplete submittals, the commission voted 4–3 to recommend denial of a specific-use permit for a Quick Trip fuel-and-convenience project at 1000 Solon Road.
The Waxahachie Planning and Zoning Commission on April 15 recommended denial of a specific-use permit for a Quick Trip convenience store and gasoline sales at 1000 Solon Road, a site near the I‑35E/Marshall Road intersection.
Staff listed multiple concerns: incomplete submittal materials, encroachments into TRWD and Encore utility easements, a proposed 65-foot pole sign and two monument signs that exceed allowed square footage, noncompliant landscaping and glazing below the 30 percent requirement for building elevations. The proposal described a primary building of roughly 5,100 square feet, a fuel canopy with eight dual-sided fuel pumps (16 nozzles), 24-hour operation and two to ten employees at any given time.
Planning staff recommended denial, citing incomplete documentation and unresolved infrastructure and signage issues. During the hearing, applicant Ben Williams said the team had submitted TRWD and Encore documentation the day of the meeting and had revised the site plan and signage to address some staff comments. Williams told the commission they had shifted or removed a monument sign, rerouted sewer lines per staff direction, increased landscape counts and moved the high-rise sign nearer the detention pond to reduce visibility from the intersection.
Civil engineer Tommy Vilvig told commissioners Encore had sent an encroachment agreement that must be signed and recorded; he described that paperwork as “all but approved.” Kwik Trip representative Craig Honeywell said more than a two-week continuance would strain contractual timelines but that a two-week hold might be manageable.
Commissioners expressed concern that key documents and final, stamped revisions were not yet in staff’s hands and that several outstanding comments—particularly related to easements, sedimentation/drainage and signage—needed verification before council review. Following public hearing and discussion, a commissioner moved to recommend denial of CDC-17-2025 (the Quick Trip SUP request); the motion passed by a 4–3 vote.
