The St. Joseph Township Board of Trustees has tabled Meijer’s request for a special use permit to open a gas station at Hilltop and Washington roads. But you have a gas station that would be open all hours of the day and would affect all the time, the traffic.” An agent speaking on behalf of Meijer said the opposite, that a gas station would create less traffic than a restaurant. “We’re just giving people an opportunity to choose Meijer versus Martin’s versus Amoco. It’s hoping the gas station would attract loyal customers of the larger stores who live nearby.