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Council tables Kwik Trip rezoning after neighbors raise truck-stop concerns; ad hoc committee named
Summary
Fergus Falls City Council voted to table a request to rezone 1397 South Tower Road to B3 for a proposed Kwik Trip travel center after lengthy public comment from neighbors worried about overnight truck parking, noise, lighting and air pollution. The council appointed an ad hoc committee to negotiate alternatives with the company.
Fergus Falls City Council on Dec. 1, 2025, postponed consideration of a rezoning request for 1397 South Tower Road after residents urged the council to protect adjacent neighborhoods from a potential truck‑stop style travel center proposed by Kwik Trip.
Planning staff told the council the parcel was annexed in 2015 and that both B2 and B3 districts permit a travel‑center use by right; the planning commission recommended B3 because it allows a broader range of future development. Clara Beck, city planning, said the applicant and property owner were present and that written neighbor comments had been added to the record after a technology issue delayed their filing to the planning commission.
Residents living adjacent to the site…
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