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Council approves QuickTrip conditional use for former Red Lobster site with variances, adds conditions requiring council review of further variances

City of Roswell Mayor and Council · March 9, 2026
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Summary

Roswell approved a conditional‑use permit for a QuickTrip convenience store with eight fuel pumps at 1050 Hulcom Bridge Road, granting variances to the build‑to requirements and approving a retaining wall up to 23 feet with conditions that any additional variances return to council.

The Mayor and Council approved a conditional use permitting a QuickTrip convenience store with fueling at 1050 Hulcom Bridge Road (the former Red Lobster site), along with concurrent variances to the city's Build‑to zone and approval of a modular retaining wall along a grade change.

Jeannie Payeyton, the city's Planning and Zoning Director, presented the staff recommendation and noted the site's constraints: 3.1 acres with significant grade change near Big Creek, an existing Georgia Department of Transportation right‑of‑way strip between the roadway and the site, and the 2040 land‑use designation of commercial/mixed use. The proposal called for a roughly 6,400‑square‑foot store and eight fuel pumps under a single canopy; staff recommended approval with conditions (land‑disturbance permit modifications allowed to meet…

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