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Planning commission approves variances to allow Dutch Bros drive‑through at 5784 Taylor Branch Road
Summary
The commission unanimously approved variances to reduce landscape buffer widths and allow 9‑foot parking spaces for a proposed Dutch Bros drive‑through at 5784 Taylor Branch Road, with staff saying the small triangular infill site otherwise would be undevelopable.
The Port Orange Planning Commission on July 31 approved variances that clear the way for a Dutch Bros coffee shop with a double drive‑through at 5784 Taylor Branch Road.
City planner Penelope Cruz told commissioners the 0.58‑acre, triangular site fronts three roadways and was previously an abandoned gas station. "In order to support the redevelopment of this site, it does require the variances that were described," Cruz said, summarizing requests to reduce two right‑of‑way landscape buffers (to a variable width from about 5 feet up to 12 feet) and to allow 9‑foot‑wide parking spaces in lieu of the city's 10‑foot standard.
The variances, Cruz said, reflect common constraints on small infill lots and would permit more landscaping than current conditions provide…
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