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Planning board recommends conditional use permit and approves pergola for new Maryland Avenue coffee shop

5756181 · August 19, 2025
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The commission recommended approval of a conditional use permit for a proposed coffee shop at 38121 Maryland Avenue and approved an architectural pergola and polycarbonate roof with staff to review final material samples.

The Planning Commission/ARB on Aug. 18 recommended approval of a conditional use permit to allow a coffee shop at 38121 Maryland Avenue and approved the store's proposed covered pergola over the tenant patio, subject to staff review of the final polycarbonate material.

City planner Ryan told the board the site is located on the north side of Maryland Avenue in the Maryland Gateway overlay, is currently a one-story commercial building zoned C-1, and that the applicant proposed hours of operation of 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., daily. Ryan said the indoor floor area would measure about 1,200 square feet…

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