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Council approves text amendment allowing extra fuel positions after expedited vote for QuikTrip
Summary
The council adopted a zoning text amendment authorizing a special‑use permit to exceed the CGS fueling‑position limit after QuikTrip requested expedited readings; the ordinance passed after suspension of rules and three readings with one councilor recorded in dissent.
The Ames City Council on July 14 adopted a zoning text amendment to the convenience‑general‑service (CGS) district that creates a special‑use permit pathway allowing gas/convenience stores to exceed the existing limit of five pumps (10 fueling positions).
KwikTrip/QuikTrip real‑estate manager Travis Small spoke during the public hearing and asked the council to waive the second and third readings because the company faces time constraints tied to the property purchase and civil design deadlines. Small told the council the expedited schedule would allow the company to finalize civil design and coordinate a planned roundabout and related submittals.
Staff recommended the normal process (three readings without waiver). The council debated whether to expedite; after a motion to waive the rules, the council suspended the rules and conducted second and third readings the same night. Roll‑call votes were recorded for each reading. The final adoption passed with a majority; Councilor Beatty‑Hansen was recorded as voting nay on the second and third readings.
The ordinance creates a special‑use review under the Board of Adjustment; applicants seeking more fueling positions would submit a context‑sensitive proposal and staff report for the board’s review rather than receive automatic entitlement to additional pumps.
What’s next: The QuikTrip applicant will proceed to the Board of Adjustment for a special‑use permit application and staff review of civil design and public‑infrastructure interfaces.
