Eastern Avenue and Cedar Avenue drive-through restaurant

At a glance

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What: Parking variance, drive-through permit and site plan for a one-story, 4,246 sq ft restaurant with drive-through at Eastern Avenue and Cedar Avenue (Ward 3).
Where it stands: Approved by the Planning Commission on November 10 as final action unless appealed within 10 days.

Staff recommended denial: the site could take a drive-through restaurant, but the layout fails Title 19 parking (39 spaces where 41 are required), perimeter and parking lot landscaping and building orientation rules, which staff took as a sign the site is overbuilt. The applicant said the plan adds a dedicated bus turn lane and about ten times the trees. The commissioner whose area it is said the project had been vetted for nine months to a year, with a cross-access easement added with the neighboring property, and moved approval subject to staff conditions. No public comment.

Item 27 (26-0071): staff recommended denial; approved subject to staff conditions as final action.