Greenwood BZA approves Quick Trip fueling station, denies larger internal directional signs

The City of Greenwood Board of Zoning Appeals on April 13 approved a special exception and multiple variances requested by Quick Trip Corporation for a fueling station at a 3.68-acre site in the Interstate Commerce zoning district, but denied the company's request for larger internal directional signage.

The board voted unanimously (5-0) to grant the special exception to allow a Quick Trip fueling station in the Interstate Commerce district and to approve two of three variances: Variance 1, to construct 12 fueling stations (20 pumps), and Variance 3, to increase impervious lot coverage from 70% to 77%. The board denied Variance 2, the request to install four internal directional signs of 15 square feet each, citing staff concerns about sign size and consistency with neighboring properties.

Staff recommended approval of the special exception and the additional pumps, saying the proposed pump count was consistent with other stations the city had allowed, but recommended denial of the sign-area and impervious-coverage requests as submitted. Staff explained the city standard for internal…