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Oconee commissioners approve QuikTrip rezoning and special use for gas station with truck fueling at Hwy 78/53 intersection
Summary
The board approved rezoning of roughly 3.34 acres from agricultural to B-2 and a special-use permit for a QuikTrip convenience store and truck fueling facility at the Monroe Highway (US‑78) and Highway 53 intersection, with multiple conditions addressing architecture, landscaping, screening, access and a revised traffic impact analysis.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning and special‑use permit on Nov. 4 to allow a QuikTrip convenience store, gasoline sales and truck fueling at the intersection of U.S. Highway 78 (Monroe Highway) and Georgia Highway 53.
Planning staff described rezone P25‑0043 as a request to change about 3.341 acres from AG (agricultural) to B‑2 (general business) and to grant special use P25‑0044 to permit truck fueling. Staff recommended conditional approval and listed architecture, landscaping and traffic conditions, including submission of a revised traffic impact analysis (TIA) meeting the UDC requirements revised 10/07/2025.
Eric Eberhard, a partner at Eberhard & Hale, representing QuikTrip, said the company has an option to purchase a 2.849‑acre parcel and will work with county staff on required design and traffic mitigations. Eberhard told the board QuikTrip will comply with fencing and screening requirements and noted the company intends to revise the TIA as required by public works and planning.
Neighbor Brenda Jennings spoke in opposition during the public comment period, saying existing congestion near Hwy 53 and Hwy 78 already makes it difficult to exit her driveway and that the many new subdivisions in the area will increase school and local traffic. "I can hardly get out of my driveway," Jennings told the board, and asked commissioners to consider safety and traffic impacts before approving another service station.
The applicant responded that QuikTrip generally captures pass‑by traffic rather than creating new trips and estimated the store would add only a small percentage to daily traffic; the firm also said it would work with the county to fund or implement improvements indicated by the revised TIA.
After discussion, the board approved the rezone and the special‑use permit with the staff‑recommended conditions addressing building materials, vegetative screening, dumpster enclosures, access easements and a requirement that a revised TIA acceptable to public works and planning be submitted prior to site development plan approval. The motions carried by voice vote.
The approvals allow truck fueling on the site but require the developer to meet the listed conditions — including architectural standards and landscape buffers — and to address any traffic study recommendations before building permits are issued.
