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Aurora committee advances Orchards Crossing plan after debate over proposed Kwik Trip fuel center
Summary
The BZ and E Committee moved to recommend approval of the Orchards Crossing rezoning and plan description while directing staff to draft EV-charger requirements; staff and residents had opposed allowing a gas station, while developers and the Planning & Zoning Commission supported it.
The City of Aurora—Z and E Committee on Nov. 26 advanced a large rezoning and conditional-use plan for Orchards Crossing, a roughly 29-acre mixed-use project at North Orchard Road and Sullivan Road, after extended debate about whether a fueling center (Kwik Trip) should be allowed in the plan.
Staff senior planner Jill Morgan and Chief Development Services Officer John Curley told the committee the plan would rezone the parcel from ORI (office, research and light industrial) to a combination of R-4A (two-family dwellings), B-2 (general retail) and OS-1 (conservation/open-space). Curley said staff supported most of the zoning changes but recommended that a fuel center be prohibited, citing Aurora—s sustainability plan and goals to increase renewable energy use and reduce carbon footprint.
Developers and the petitioner argued the fuel center is…
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