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Board approves Knighton Road rezoning and parcel map for proposed fuel station and retail site
Summary
Supervisors approved a commercial-highway rezoning and parcel map to allow a proposed fuel station, convenience store and truck fueling area at the Knighton Road/Churn Creek Road interchange; the project cleared a mitigated negative declaration with measures for biological, cultural and water-quality impacts.
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 5–0 April 22 to rezone multiple parcels near the Interstate-5 Knighton Road interchange and approved a parcel map that would allow a truck and auto fueling station with a convenience store and related improvements, subject to mitigation measures.
Project and approvals - The applicant requested the Commercial Highway (CH) zoning on portions of several parcels (roughly 30.39 acres and smaller parcels), together with a parcel map that would divide a 15.49‑acre tract into two developable parcels and a remainder. Proposed development on Parcel 1 included a convenience store (about 5,951 sq. ft.), a 20-pump fueling island for standard vehicles and a 10-pump fueling island for trucks/RVs with canopies, parking and ancillary site work. Parcel 2 was shown as a future highway-commercial parcel. - County staff prepared a mitigated negative declaration; the initial study identified potentially significant impacts for biological resources, cultural resources, hydrology/water quality, tribal cultural resources, utilities and service systems. The planning staff and consultant proposed mitigation measures and conditions of approval to reduce impacts to less-than-significant levels.
Board rationale and conditions - The board and planning staff discussed traffic, vehicle miles traveled, wastewater disposal and the need to use a portion of nearby part-time agricultural land for septic disposal as in earlier approvals. The board accepted staff’s finding that the parcel division and commercial use would be consistent with the 1984 general plan commercial designation and with the CH zone’s purpose. - The board adopted the mitigated negative declaration and approved the rezoning and parcel map with standard conditions and the mitigation measures recommended in the staff report.
Why it matters - The approval allows a service-retail development at a major interchange, which the county’s staff and consultants said is consistent with the long-standing commercial designation for the immediate interchange area. The project will require design review, building permits and compliance with the adopted mitigation measures prior to ground disturbance.
Next steps - The applicant must complete permitting, demonstrate compliance with mitigation measures (including cultural and biological resource protections and water/wastewater systems) and obtain ancillary permits and inspections for construction.
Ending The board’s decision clears the way for the applicant to pursue permits for the proposed fueling and retail development at the Knighton Road interchange, subject to the adopted conditions and mitigation.
