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Pelham council denies Kwik Trip access request; developer withdraws rezoning application
Summary
The Pelham City Council unanimously denied an access request related to a proposed Kwik Trip fueling station at County Road 52 East and Racquet Club Parkway; the applicant subsequently withdrew a pending rezoning application for the same property.
The Pelham City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 4 to deny an access request tied to a proposed Kwik Trip fueling station at the corner of County Road 52 East and Racquet Club Parkway. Council members signaled unanimous support for denying the access request, and city staff recorded that the company withdrew its concurrent rezoning application after the denial.
The denial was moved and seconded during the council meeting and carried on voice vote after the council president called for ayes and heard none in opposition. City staff later read into the record that, because access from the public right of way would not be available, Kwik Trip asked to withdraw its rezoning application changing the parcel from A-1 (agricultural) to B-2 (general business).
The item had been listed on the council’s new-business agenda as Resolution 2025080402, described in the meeting materials as a request related to access for a development adjacent to Racquet Club Parkway. The record shows the council first decided the access request and then recessed into a public hearing to consider the rezoning application; following the access denial, the applicant withdrew the rezoning request.
No members of the public spoke in favor of or against the rezoning during the public hearing. The council then closed the public hearing and moved on to subsequent agenda items.
What the council approved and what followed: the formal motion before the council was to deny the access request; the council passed that motion. City staff stated that, in light of the access denial, Kwik Trip formally requested withdrawal of the rezoning application, and staff recorded that request in the meeting minutes. The transcript does not show a separate vote on the rezoning application because the applicant withdrew that application.
The council’s denial and the rezoning withdrawal conclude the matter for now; no ordinance or rezoning change was adopted at the meeting. The council’s action removes the access pathway the developer had proposed and leaves the property zoned A-1 unless a new application is filed.
Ending: The matter will return only if the applicant submits a new access plan or rezoning application. The council continued with other business and scheduled no further action on this item at the Aug. 4 meeting.
