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Far West Side area commission opposes Roberts Road gas station rezoning; applicant acknowledges likely need for traffic signal
Summary
The Far West Side Area Commission issued a unanimous recommendation of disapproval for a proposed gas station and convenience store rezoning on Roberts Road. City planners said a traffic‑impact study is pending and could require a traffic signal and lane widening; the applicant told the commission a signal and lane work are likely.
The Far West Side Area Commission communicated a unanimous disapproval for a proposed rezoning of an undeveloped parcel on Roberts Road that would allow a gas station and convenience store, commissioners heard at the Development Commission meeting on June 12.
Planning staff described the site and the proposed Commercial Plan Development (CPD) text, noting the project would include building design standards, perimeter landscape screening and a submitted site plan and elevations. Staff said a traffic impact study is pending and that the Department of Public Service could require mitigation, including a traffic signal and lane additions, before final City Council approval.
Kelly Arnold, zoning chair for the Far West Side Area Commission, told the Development Commission the area commission unanimously opposed the rezoning, citing the surrounding mix of uses (daycare, senior housing, apartments) and a lack of developer engagement with the community. “We do not oppose gas stations,” Arnold said, “but another gas station is wholly unnecessary in this proposed location.” She said the applicant was not responsive to repeated outreach and did not attend the area commission’s February meeting.
The applicant team, represented by Glenn Musgrave of Garrett Builders, told the commission their traffic review found a high probability the project would require a traffic signal, road widening, and turn lanes at the intersection; Musgrave said the team was amenable to those mitigations. Planning staff confirmed the traffic study remained under review and that any outstanding conditions would need to be satisfied to the Department of Public Service’s and Planning’s satisfaction before final approval.
The Development Commission’s transcript does not record a final vote on the rezoning in this segment of the record; staff described the project and the transportation review as ongoing and flagged that any approval would be conditioned on the outcome of the traffic management review and revised site plan commitments.
