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USE PERMIT #23-01 (COTTONWOOD TRAVEL CENTER)
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Requested Action(s)
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Staff recommend that the Planning Commission:
A. Conduct a public hearing to consider Use Permit #23-01 (Cottonwood Travel Center), and the proposed Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (SCH2025100910);
B. Move that the Planning Commission adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration (SCH2025100910) for Use Permit #23-01 (Cottonwood Travel Center); and
C. Move that the Planning Commission approve Use Permit #23-01 (Cottonwood Travel Center), subject to the Findings and Conditions in Attachments H and I of the staff report dated May 21, 2026.
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Financial Impact:
None at this time
Background Information:
This application is a request to authorize construction and operation of the “Cottonwood Travel Center” project, consisting of an auto and truck station (including EV charging stations and a convenience store with integrated restaurant and services), commercial truck storage, a commercial vehicle maintenance/repair shop, and two drive-through fast food restaurants. More particularly, the project includes approximately: 43 fueling stations (8 high-speed dual-sided truck pumps, 24 covered automobile pumps, 4 covered RV pumps, and 7 truck EV fast-charging stations); a 15,000 s.f. building containing a convenience store, a 5,000 s.f. sit down restaurant, showers, and other services; a 4,700 s.f. truck maintenance/repair shop; a truck scale; two restaurant pad sites with a total of 8,000 s.f. of restaurant building split between them, optionally with drive-throughs; a 1,500 s.f. restroom building; 164 day and/or overnight commercial tractor & trailer stalls; 38 medium/heavy truck or tractor-only stalls; 187 auto parking spaces (35 of which have EV charging); 22 RV spaces; and a dual purpose solar energy system, all on 28.97 acres. Additional truck and auto parking spaces are EV charging capable, and will be upgraded with chargers depending on market demand. The project also includes a well located on the western edge of the site, three storage tanks containing over 528,000 gallons of potable water, a 1.6 acre stormwater detention basin, and approximately 2 acres dedicated to wastewater treatment. The above is a summary of major project elements - additional detail is contained in the formal project description found in the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (Attachment J).