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Board tables Take 5 drive‑through variances after staff and engineering concerns; applicant to resubmit

5525808 · July 17, 2025
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Driven Brands’ Take 5 proposal at 7041 East Main Street requested variances for front setback and drive‑through escape lanes; applicant withdrew a buffer variance, presented alternate layouts, and asked to table both variance and linked conditional-use items to Aug. 21 to allow engineering review.

The Reynoldsburg Planning and Zoning Board on July 17 tabled variances and a linked conditional‑use application for a proposed Take 5 oil‑change at 7041 East Main Street, after staff and engineers raised safety and design questions and requested additional engineering review. The applicant, identified in the record as Driven Brands Inc. represented by attorney John Slick, asked the board to table the variance requests and the conditional‑use hearing so the team could resubmit revised plans; the board agreed and set the resubmittal deadline to meet the August 21 meeting (July 31 submittal deadline). Staff had earlier recommended denial of two of three variance requests: (1) denial was recommended…

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