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Committee sends Adelante Center permit back to planning after traffic and pickup concerns
Summary
A proposed special-use permit for the Adelante Center food-pantry pre‑order pickup at 1606 Sheridan Road was returned to the Planning and Zoning Commission for additional review following committee concerns about stacking, curbspace and neighborhood traffic.
The economic-development, planning and zoning committee on April 21 returned a proposed special‑use permit for the Adelante Center (a community food‑resource facility proposed for 1606 Sheridan Road) to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further review after aldermen raised traffic and stacking concerns.
Planning staff told the committee that the petitioner’s model is a preorder/pickup system that uses an app to schedule pickup windows, which the petitioner says reduces drive‑up stacking. The planning commission had recommended approval after a public hearing, but ward aldermen and committee members said they want additional assurance that the site design and app‑based operations will not cause vehicle queues near the Sheridan/Sixteenth intersection or conflict with an existing pantry nearby.
The committee asked staff to circulate the email exchange with the petitioner to council members, to solicit more detailed operational or traffic information from the applicant if available, and to return the application to the planning commission for any adjustments needed prior to a final council vote.
Next steps: staff will ask the applicant for additional operational details and, if needed, a site‑specific traffic plan; the item will return to Planning and Zoning and then to council.
