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Farmers Branch council approves specific-use permit for Starbucks with drive-through at 4169 LBJ Freeway
Summary
The City Council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 3934 granting a specific-use permit to convert an existing Wendy’s at 4169 LBJ Freeway into a Starbucks with a drive-through; staff said the site meets PD 68 standards and will add landscaping and a splitter island to improve circulation.
The City of Farmers Branch City Council voted unanimously Aug. 5 to adopt Ordinance No. 3934, granting a specific-use permit for a drive-through restaurant at 4169 LBJ Freeway to allow a Wendy’s site to be renovated and reopened as a Starbucks.
City planning staff said the property, just under an acre, is zoned Planned Development District No. 68 and that restaurants are allowed by right but a drive-through requires a specific-use permit. "The request tonight is for a specific use permit for a restaurant with drive through, which will be a Starbucks," Brett Mangum, lead planner with the City of Farmers Branch planning department, told the…
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