Applicant seeks special-use permit for Jordan Fish & Chicken Grill; council questions grease handling and experience

Hanok Mori appeared at the Feb. 10 Florissant City Council meeting seeking a special-use permit for Jordan Fish & Chicken Grill to operate as a carryout restaurant at 739A North Highway 67.

Why it matters: The council probed operational details — hours, grease handling, and management experience — because nearby businesses and property conditions can be affected by restaurant operations.

Mori described menu plans as predominantly fried foods, including chicken wings, chicken tenders, fried fish and sandwiches. Councilman Sam Manganielli asked about hours; Mori said the restaurant would operate from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Manganielli’s primary concern was grease management; Mori said the operation uses filtration and that grease would be collected in a bin behind the restaurant and picked up by a contractor “every so often as it stated in the contract or whenever it's filled.”

On how often grease traps would be cleaned, Mori said it depends on usage but estimated “no more than probably, I'd say, like, 8 or 10 weeks.” Council members noted that regular maintenance is important to avoid grease migrating to neighboring tenants’ spaces and asked for adherence to standard commercial procedures.

Council questions also addressed operator experience; Mori said he had worked in similar restaurants and that his partner “currently owns a restaurant in Delwood” (JJ’s Fish and Chicken Grill on West Florissant) and has family experience running that business.

The public hearing was closed after questions. Bill 10038 — authorizing a special-use permit for a carryout restaurant at the listed address — was read as a first-reading item; the transcript records no final vote or ordinance adoption on that bill at the Feb. 10 meeting.

Ending: The item will return for subsequent council action as required by the city’s ordinance-reading process.