{"id":402983,"date":"2026-08-10T23:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402983\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:06:14","slug":"el-paso-county-commissioners-to-hear-buc-ees-appeal-aug-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402983\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso County commissioners to hear Buc-ee\u2019s appeal Aug. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El Paso Board of County Commissioners will hear Buc-ee\u2019s appeal Thursday, Aug. 27, over whether the Texas-based chain\u2019s proposed 74,000-square-foot travel center and gas station near Palmer Lake qualifies as an allowed use under the county\u2019s zoning code.\n<\/p>\n<p>The board will decide whether the proposed Buc-ee\u2019s qualifies as a \u201cconvenience store\u201d allowed in the C-1 zoning district under the Land Development Code.\n<\/p>\n<p>The hearing does not approve or deny construction of a Buc-ee\u2019s, the county said Monday afternoon on its <a href=\"https:\/\/planningdevelopment.elpasoco.com\/buc-ees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buc-ee\u2019s project webpage<\/a>. It only resolves the land-use classification question. Any future development would still require additional county reviews and approvals, as applicable.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Board of County Commissioners\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agendasuite.org\/iip\/elpaso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">land-use meeting<\/a> is scheduled for 9 a.m., according to the county\u2019s website.\n<\/p>\n<p>The appeal follows a July <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/07\/15\/bucees-el-paso-county-board-appeal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decision<\/a> by Meggan Herington, the county\u2019s executive director of planning and community development, who said it was \u201cdifficult to classify the proposed use\u201d of the Buc-ee\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl Paso County is committed to providing a public hearing process that is transparent, respectful, and fair. Public input is part of the Board of County Commissioners\u2019 hearing process, and residents may participate by submitting written comments, attending the hearing, or speaking during the public comment portion of the hearing,\u201d county officials said on the project website.\n<\/p>\n<p>The proposal has divided residents across the Tri-Lakes area for nearly two years over water usage, open space and traffic. A ruling in Buc-ee\u2019s favor could move the project one step closer to development as the company\u2019s second Colorado travel center.\n<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and may be updated. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"El Paso Board of County Commissioners will hear Buc-ee\u2019s appeal Thursday, Aug. 27, over whether the Texas-based chain\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[8231,63923,138,1060,140,139,4627,53328,62874,7658,79384],"class_list":["post-402983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-buc-ees","tag-convenience","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-county","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-gas-station","tag-monument","tag-palmer-lake","tag-store","tag-travel-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}