The Rapid City Planning Commission on Nov. 6 approved a final planned‑development overlay for a Circle K convenience store with an attached car wash and gas canopy at 2915 Marlin Drive, subject to staff stipulations including a sign‑location adjustment discussed during the meeting.

Staff presented the proposal: an 8,148‑square‑foot store and car wash, a gas canopy, truck circulation routed via Marlin Drive, a requested parking reduction from 42 to 36 spaces, and landscape buffering along Marlin Drive designed to screen the site from nearby apartments. Two pylon gas price signs were proposed (one 40 feet tall at Elkvale/E. Minnesota and a 30‑foot sign at E. Minnesota/Marlin). Staff said the applicant held a neighborhood engagement meeting on Sept. 8 and attendees appreciated the proposed buffering.

Commissioners asked about sign brightness and potential resident impacts. Staff said the signs meet the sign code and include automatic dimmers that lower illumination as the night darkens. The applicant’s civil engineer, Steve Harrison, told commissioners the apartment facades closest to Marlin Drive contain few windows facing the site; he offered to relocate the corner pylon sign toward the right‑in/right‑out entrance to reduce visibility from the apartments.

Commissioner Eric moved to approve the final plan development overlay and amended the motion to incorporate the discussed sign relocation into staff stipulations; Alicia seconded. Commissioners also asked whether electric vehicle charging was planned; the applicant said no EV chargers are proposed. The motion passed unanimously.