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Planning board backs rezone for drive-through restaurant at Red Bug Lake Road and Dodd Road
Summary
The Seminole County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve a rezone permitting a drive-through restaurant (Dunkin' proposal) on a 0.51-acre parcel at Red Bug Lake Road and Dodd Road; staff said the site was previously a bank with a drive-through and is already served by county utilities.
The Seminole County Planning and Zoning Commission on March 5 recommended that the Board of County Commissioners adopt an ordinance to amend an existing plan development (PD) to allow a restaurant with a drive-through on a 0.51-acre parcel at the northeast corner of Red Bug Lake Road and Dodd Road.
Caitlin Apgar, Planning and Development Services, told the commission the site is in Commercial Tract 2 of the ZOM Development Red Bug Lake Road PD and was previously occupied by a bank with a drive-through. The applicant proposes to redevelop the parcel as a Dunkin' Donuts with drive-through service; restaurants are permitted in the PD but drive-through restaurants are not allowed under the current developer's commitments, Apgar said.
Staff noted the parcel is already connected to Seminole County water and sewer, is surrounded by multifamily and single-family residential development, and is served by shared access agreements for ingress and egress. The applicant proposes to maintain hours of operation generally between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. (staff reported the current hours are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and the proposal would extend morning hours to 5 a.m.). Staff recommended approval to the Board of County Commissioners, finding the request consistent with the Seminole County comprehensive plan and compatible with the area’s development pattern.
The county’s public works engineering staff recommended a design change to create a one-way drive aisle and install a curb at the northeast corner of the parcel (on the adjacent Walmart side drive aisle) to allow vehicle queuing to the drive-through and reduce conflicts in the main drive aisle; the applicant provided documentation of authorization from adjacent parcel owners and a shared parking agreement intended to address parking and access.
The applicant was represented at the hearing by Nina Sting, real estate manager for HC Coffee Group. Sting confirmed she was representing the tenant applicant and offered to answer questions; no public speakers spoke in opposition at the hearing. A motion to request that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the ordinance enacting the PD amendment for a drive-through restaurant carried; the board recorded the motion as passed at the meeting. The commission did not provide a roll-call vote tally in the transcript.
Planning staff will forward the recommendation and supporting materials to the Board of County Commissioners for final action; no final county-level adoption was recorded at this meeting.
