Queen Creek's Planning & Zoning Commission voted 5-0 on Oct. 14 to recommend a conditional-use permit and site plan for a Circle K gas station, convenience store and car wash at the southwest corner of Germann and Meridian roads, the Queen Creek Independent reported. Commissioners Ashley Baldwin and Spencer Hale were absent. The Town Council still has to give final approval.
What is planned
According to a town staff report, Circle K wants to put a 5,200-square-foot store, a 4,600-square-foot canopy over seven fueling positions and a 4,714-square-foot car wash on an empty 2.8-acre lot. The lot is part of the 9.6-acre Barney Farms Commercial corner, which sits across Germann Road from the Mesa city limits. Driveways on both Germann and Meridian would allow full turning movements.
A separate site plan filed in May covers the rest of the corner: four office or medical buildings of 8,775 to 11,050 square feet. Those buildings would sit just south of the car wash, between the Circle K and the land to the south. Circle K's project narrative describes the station as one piece of a coordinated plan for commercial uses across the whole site.
The report puts the fuel canopy about 470 feet from the closest home and the car wash about 270 feet away. The car wash exit would point east, toward Meridian Road and land set aside for future businesses, and walls along both roads would screen headlights and the pumps from view.
