Growing Pains: Troy Weighs QuikTrip, Data Centers and What Comes Next
- John Eads
- Aug 13
- 3 min read
TROY, Mo. — Growth took center stage Monday night as the Troy Planning and Zoning Commission worked through a packed agenda that included plans for QuikTrip, a proposed temporary moratorium on new data centers and a broader look at how the city’s development rules may need to change as Troy continues to grow.
The Aug. 11 meeting included several individual development requests, but much of the larger conversation centered on what Troy wants future development to look like and whether its current Planning and Zoning Code is keeping pace.
Troy planners worked through several development and zoning proposals during the Aug. 11 meeting. Residents attended as the commission considered several development proposals. QuikTrip brought two development requests before the commission. City Administrator James Knowles speaks during the discussion on data centers and development rules. Priority One Towing sought approval for a site plan at 58 Penn Street.
QuikTrip Corporation brought two requests involving property at 12 Frenchman Bluff Road and 100 Sarah Ann Boulevard.
One sought rezoning of the Frenchman Bluff Road property from C-3 Highway Commercial District to C-3PD, creating a Highway Commercial District with a Planned Development Overlay. A second request covered the site plan, consolidation and subdivision of the two properties.
The QuikTrip discussion also turned to signage, including a proposed sign reaching approximately 100 feet. The height prompted discussion over visibility, existing development standards and what should be permitted as Troy continues to develop.
The commission also considered a site plan for Priority One Towing at 58 Penn Street, property currently zoned C-3 Highway Commercial District.
Other development business included a record plat for Park Hills Phase 6A west of Rocky Mountain Drive and a site plan from Contegra Construction for Kold-Kraft, a production facility proposed at 152 Mennemeyer Road in the city’s I-1 Light Industrial District.
One of the night's broader issues was a proposed temporary moratorium on new data centers.
The proposal would establish a 120-day pause on the acceptance, processing, review, approval or issuance of permits and other development approvals for new data center facilities within Troy.
The pause would give city officials time to examine how data centers should be addressed before additional projects move through the development process.
That discussion comes as data centers and the infrastructure required to support them have become a larger topic across the region, including elsewhere in Lincoln County.
The commission also began looking beyond individual projects and toward Troy's Planning and Zoning Code itself.
Discussion focused on potential changes to permitted and traditional land uses and whether those uses still align with the city's goals. Staff also discussed reviewing application, inspection and other administrative procedures, including ways to streamline the process and make Troy's requirements more consistent with those used in surrounding communities.
The goal would be to create a process that is easier for city staff to administer while also giving engineers, contractors and applicants a more familiar and consistent development process.
Taken together, the night's agenda offered a snapshot of the decisions increasingly coming before Troy as development continues — from where new businesses can locate and how large their signs can be to how the city handles entirely new types of development.
For Troy, the question is becoming less about whether growth is coming and more about what rules will guide it when it arrives.
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Story by: John Eads
Primary Sources
Troy Planning and Zoning Commission meeting — Aug. 11, 2026
Troy Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing agenda — Aug. 11, 2026
Troy Planning and Zoning Commission meeting agenda — Aug. 11, 2026
City of Troy development applications and agenda materials
Lincoln CountyWatch video of the Aug. 11, 2026, meeting
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