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Planning commission backs McDonald’s request to expand nonconforming drive‑through at 652 J. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Summary
The Newport News Planning Commission voted 9-0 to recommend Board of Zoning Appeals approval of SE-2025-0006, allowing a 42‑square‑foot expansion to the existing McDonald’s drive‑through at 652 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, subject to nine staff conditions. The Board of Zoning Appeals will hear the case May 20, 2025.
The Newport News Planning Commission on April 16 voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Zoning Appeals approve SE-2025-0006, an application by McDonald’s Corporation to expand a legally nonconforming drive‑through restaurant at 652 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard.
The expansion is limited to a 42‑square‑foot bump‑out that would increase the building footprint from about 4,269 square feet to a maximum of about 4,311 square feet. Staff told the commission the addition does not create a new use and is within the limits for enlarging a nonconforming use under the city’s zoning ordinance, and recommended approval with nine conditions, including submission of building elevations and a revised landscape plan prior to issuance of a building permit.
The special‑exception review centered on whether the enlargement meets the criteria in the zoning ordinance for expanding a nonconforming use adjacent to…
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