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Lakeway commission approves Texaco special-use permit with 10 p.m. closing and stricter landscaping
Summary
After hours of public comment about traffic and child safety, the Lakeway Zoning and Planning Commission approved a special-use permit for the Lakeway Texaco at 2200 Lakeway Boulevard to convert service bays into a convenience store, adding conditions including Option B landscaping and a 10:00 p.m. closing time for the store.
The Lakeway Zoning and Planning Commission voted 6–1 on Aug. 5 to approve a special-use permit allowing the Lakeway Texaco at 2200 Lakeway Boulevard to remove service bays and add a convenience store and refreshed car-wash, subject to Option B elevations and a requirement that the convenience store close at 10:00 p.m.
The applicant, Shane Kanati, told the commission the plan is a renovation that keeps the building footprint largely the same and aims to bring the site up to current ADA and water-quality standards. "It's been serving its purpose for, again, past 20 years," Kanati said while describing upgrades to drainage, facades and circulation.
Neighbors urged caution. Gaye Benordan, an Old Lakeway resident, said she could not accept the traffic study's conclusion that trips would fall: "I just can't imagine that the traffic will not be increased," she said, citing nearby schoolchildren, pedestrian traffic and potential impacts on emergency vehicle response times. Multiple speakers raised similar worries about delivery activity, lighting and late-night noise.
Commissioners debated the city's limited authority to regulate business competition and focused their review on land-use factors: impervious cover, drainage, lighting and pedestrian safety. Staff said the project will have to meet TCEQ and LCRA water-quality requirements and that engineering will determine the final impervious-cover calculations. The commission asked staff to provide a more detailed traffic analysis that specifically accounts for school pedestrian patterns before the project proceeds to final engineering review.
The motion to approve included the Option B elevation (landscaping and façade treatment) and the 10:00 p.m. store-closing condition. The motion carried 6–1, with one commissioner recorded in opposition.
