QuikTrip Corp. wants to put a car wash on the vacant lot just west of the convenience store and fuel station it is building on Melissa Road, and the Planning & Zoning Commission takes up the request Thursday night.
The commission meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 3411 Barker Avenue, after a 5:30 p.m. work session. Its recommendations go to the City Council.
A car wash needs new zoning
The 1.344-acre tract at 122 W. Melissa Road sits in the city's Commercial Corridor Overlay District, where car washes are not allowed, according to the staff report. QuikTrip is asking for planned development zoning limited to one added use: a Bubble Bath Car Wash, a brand within the QuikTrip family of businesses that the company describes as a companion to the store next door.
When the city first approved zoning and a site plan for the QuikTrip project, this piece of land was set aside for future commercial or retail development. The company has since picked it as its preferred spot for the car wash, the report says.
QuikTrip is not asking to change any other overlay or general commercial standards, and staff called the decision one for policymakers rather than making a recommendation.
Sign closer to the road
A separate item would amend the store's sign plan. City code requires a 20-foot front setback for signs in the overlay, and QuikTrip wants its monument sign along Melissa Road at the property line instead. The sign's design and size were approved earlier with the zoning.
