After more than an hour of debate, discussion and multiple votes, Maricopa’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved a rezoning request last night that clears the way for a second Terrible’s gas station in the city.

The commission voted 5-2 to support a city-initiated “like-for-like” rezone for the Las Vegas-based chain’s proposed site at Honeycutt and Porter Roads — just a mile north of its first planned location on Bowlin Road. Terrible’s has indicated the two proposals are unrelated, a city spokesperson confirmed.

Yesterday’s action converts the 2¼-acre Honeycutt Road parcel from county general business to city general commercial zoning. City Planner Derek Scheerer described the request as a simple procedural step.

“This is housekeeping for the city … where we try and take these legacy properties and rezone them,” Scheerer told commissioners.

Plans for the site include a seven-pump gas station and a 6,100-square-foot convenience store across the street from Circle K. Like the Bowlin Road proposal, the application does not include a car wash.

Still, several commissioners voiced concerns that a car wash could be added in the future, along with potential traffic impacts and the lack of a barrier between the site and the adjacent Glennwilde neighborhood.

That last concern drew several residents to the public hearing, including Ron Angerame, who pushed for a block wall.

“Without the wall, residents who live just a few feet away would be left fully exposed to the activity of a 24-hour gas station,” Angerame said.

Initially, commissioners voted to table the matter to give Terrible’s time to consider alternatives such as adding a wall. But after the applicant committed to building one, the motion was reconsidered and reversed.

Commissioner Robert Klob argued the parcel would be better suited for neighborhood commercial zoning, which would allow a smaller-scale gas station but not one of Terrible’s size.

“I think keeping it ‘like for like’ is doing this portion of our community a disservice,” Klob said before moving to deny the request. His motion failed to receive a second.

Klob and Chair James Singleton cast the opposing votes.

The rezone request will now go before the Maricopa City Council for final consideration. A hearing date has not yet been scheduled.