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Residents push council to reconsider conceptual gas station proposal near Timnath Lakes over health, separation concerns
Summary
Residents and a neighborhood group asked Timnath council on Oct. 28 to slow a conceptual gas-station submittal at Harmony and Signal Tree and to consider stronger separation rules between gas stations and homes, schools and child-use facilities because of air-quality and health concerns.
Two residents and a neighborhood group urged Timnath council on Oct. 28 to raise separation standards before a conceptual gas-station application advances to planning commission, citing public-health and walkability concerns for the Timnath Lakes neighborhood.
Gary Spurrier, speaking for Guide Our Growth, said the conceptual review application CR20250007 proposes a gas station northeast of the Harmony/Signal Tree intersection, near an existing car wash and across the street from residences in Timnath Lakes. He told council he and his group had researched municipal separation rules elsewhere and flagged concerns about benzene and related volatile organic compounds (sometimes called BTEX). Spurrier cited recent local examples as policy models, saying Denver recently adopted prohibitions on new gas stations within 300 feet of low-intensity residential districts and that Carmel, Indiana requires 500-foot separation in some cases.
Spurrier told council Timnath’s current land-use code “does specify separation requirements between gas stations that says very little about separation of gas stations to residential public, use and school areas,” and he urged staff to consider revising the code before the conceptual application moves forward.
Another resident, Yuri Zabrowski, said the site is within walking distance of his home and Timothy Elementary and argued the town does not need another filling station along Harmony. “I have a small child and I don't want her to get cancer, and that is something that worries me greatly,” Zabrowski said. He asked the council to treat the matter as high concern and said he would offer similar remarks to planning commission if the applicant did not withdraw the conceptual review.
Town staff confirmed the application remained at conceptual review and had not been scheduled for council action; planning commission and staff will consider the record and any proposed code changes if the application proceeds. Council did not take immediate action on land-use changes at the Oct. 28 meeting; speakers said they would present similar comments to planning commission if the conceptual submittal remains active.
