Kwik Trip Fights for Saukville Location

When Saukville officials made a decision in January to deny a permit Kwik Trip needed to build in the village, business officials vowed the gas station and convenience store would "eventually be here."

Kwik Trip officials will stand in front of Saukville's Board of Zoning Appeals at 6 p.m. May 16 to appeal the Plan Commission's decision, according to an Ozaukee Press article.

The commission had voted against a conditional use permit that is necessary for the business to build because the location is less than 600 feet from a wetlands area; Saukville's ordinance requires the 600-foot distance.

"The village has been, for quite some time, changing the ordinances simply to keep us out," Hans Zietlow, director of real estate for Kwik Trip, told Patch in January. "We meet all the state statues there. The village can’t — I suppose they can ... but I don’t know that longterm a village will just be able to keep somebody out by changing ordinances to eliminate one business ... especially since they’ve allowed other ... convenience stores to build (there) that really were in contradiction to the same ordinances they're kicking us out with."

Meetings are held at the village's municipal center, 639 E. Green Bay Ave.

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