Council opens public hearing on rezoning at South 30th Street and Cornhusker Road; neighbors raise traffic concerns

The Bellevue City Council opened a public hearing May 20 on Ordinance No. 4185, a proposal to rezone land at or about South 30th Street and Cornhusker Road to allow commercial development, including a proposed convenience store and fueling canopy.

The matter drew questions from nearby business owners about how site access would affect existing traffic and parking. Charles Teatsort, owner of Auto Body Authority Towing and Impound, told the council the business at the corner already sees frequent truck traffic and short parking supply and asked whether new access points would interfere with his operations: “I guess I have a question on the traffic part of it ... We have storage on each side, which is coming in and out. Trucks, semis and so on.”

Tara Limbach, project manager for Quick Trip Corporation on the development, told the council the project team has completed a traffic study and is working with the city and neighboring property owners on access. “We are aware that we would be restricted to right in, right outs off of both Cornhusker and 30 Sixth Street,” Limbach said, and added that the site will not include diesel fueling for large trucks: “This location will not have a diesel offering for the larger trucks. It'll just be the auto canopy.”

City planning staff and the public‑works engineer said access and traffic will be evaluated again when the developer submits building plans. A city planner (identified in the meeting as Angela) said the development team has worked with the city “for a couple of years” and that traffic issues will be reviewed before a building permit is issued. A city engineer (identified in the meeting as Dave) noted that improvements to 30th Street are a longer‑term project and that detailed ingress/egress will be addressed at the development‑plan stage.

The council did not vote on the rezoning at the meeting. The public hearing on Ordinance No. 4185 was opened and closed on May 20; the council set third reading for June 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. for further consideration.

Why it matters: the rezoning would change how property at a busy corner near Cornhusker Road is used and could alter local traffic patterns and parking availability for adjacent small businesses. Planning staff and the applicant said they will continue coordinating with neighbors and study traffic and ingress/egress as part of later site and permit reviews.