Planning Commission recommends approval of Kwik Trip preliminary plat, CUPs and rezoning to City Council

The City of Victoria Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a preliminary plat, conditional use permits for gas pumps and an accessory car wash, rezoning from agricultural to C2 (Community Commercial) and a comprehensive plan amendment for a Kwik Trip site in the city’s South Growth area.

The recommendation followed a staff presentation and a public hearing in which city planning staff summarized the proposal and Kwik Trip representatives answered commissioners’ questions. City planner Bridal McCain said the applicant “appear[s] to be compliant with all of our general conditional use standards as well as our specific conditional use standards for gas pumps in our code.” Pat Rossi of Tradition Development said the team was “excited to get the first leg in or on our site.” Kwik Trip real estate manager Lisa Watson described the store as a generation‑3 convenience store and said the design includes an expanded grocery and seating area; Watson said the store is about 9,100 square feet and that the company is evaluating EV chargers for some sites.

Why it matters: This would be the first commercial development in the South Growth area and is tied to larger corridor improvements on County Road 11 and County Road 10 that the county has scheduled for future years.…