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Planning commission conditionally approves Arco service station at 100 East H Street with alcohol-sale restrictions; vote 4'to'2
Summary
The commission approved, 4'to'2, a design review and conditional use permit for a new Arco service station and convenience store at 100 East H Street, adopting four additional staff-recommended conditions related to alcohol sales and standard design controls; permit is final unless appealed by Dec. 20, 2024.
The Dixon City Planning Commission voted Dec. 10 to approve a design review and conditional use permit for an Arco service station and convenience store proposed for 100 East H Street (PA23-25/DR23-08/UP23-05). The proposal includes a 12-pump canopy, a convenience store, a car wash, landscaping, six EV chargers and other site improvements on a 1.21-acre lot.
Associate Planner Scott Greeley summarized changes the applicant made since the prior hearing on Nov. 12, including revised parking dimensions, added landscape islands to break up the lot, and removal of oversized end-of-building signage (identified in the zoning code as "ball signs"). Greeley said the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control provided that a public-convenience-or-necessity determination was not required because the area is not over-concentrated, but planning staff recommended standard alcohol-related conditions, including an on-site security system and restrictions on breaking multi-pack alcohol into single-container sales. "These are standard conditions that have been proposed to the commission in the last few years," Greeley said.
The applicant said it would accept the conditions and noted an equipment supplier issue affecting EV charger procurement. After discussion, commissioners amended the resolution to include four additional alcohol-related conditions from a staff memo and voted 4'to'2 to approve the project. Roll call indicated Commissioners Davis, Diaz, Drayton and Chair Eric Caldwell voted yes; Commissioners Cooley and Vice Chair Hernandez Covello voted no. Staff announced the commission's decision is final unless appealed; the appeal period ends Dec. 20, 2024, and the motion passed 4'to'2.
The conditions of approval include the building and site design requirements already in the packet, standard engineering and fire conditions, and the four alcohol-specific items in staff's follow-up memo (on-site security system, restrictions on single-container pack sales, ABC compliance requirements and other operational conditions).
