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Planning commission recommends approval for Kwik Trip site with conditions, encroachment agreements and revised permit terms
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a site plan, conditional use permit and parking setback variance for a Kwik Trip convenience store and fuel station at Jamaica Avenue and 90 Fifth Street, including encroachment agreements with the city and modified permit time limits; a requested canopy light-band variance was withdrawn.
The Cottage Grove Planning Commission on Feb. 24 recommended approval of a site plan review, conditional use permit and a variance for parking/drive-aisle setbacks to allow construction of a Kwik Trip convenience store with fuel and diesel dispensers at the corner of Jamaica Avenue and 90 Fifth Street.
Planning staff said the vacant site—owned by WAG Farms Inc. and located south of Fire Station No. 4—is zoned I-1 (general industrial) and guided as industrial in the city’s comprehensive plan. Sam, planning staff, reported the applicant revised its layout after an aquatic resources survey identified an unnamed tributary and a depressional wetland basin on the parcel; the applicant reduced impacts and proposed a 135-linear-foot permeable stream crossing designated as a tier-5 impact (maximum allowed 150 linear feet).
Sam said Kwik Trip Inc., based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, plans a single-story store with a fuel dispenser canopy,…
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