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Zoning board continues hearing on proposed drive‑through at Route 12 intersection
Summary
Applicants for a proposed drive‑through restaurant at the intersection of Marcy Hill Road and Route 12 asked to continue the zoning hearing so they can complete a traffic study; the board agreed and the applicant consented to extend review past the 90‑day statutory clock.
The Town of Swansea zoning board on a special‑meeting night continued a public hearing on EBA25‑002, an application from Black Bell LLC for a special exception to section 5, article b(2)(g) to allow a drive‑through restaurant at Tax Map 220, Lot 5 at the intersection of Marcy Hill Road and Route 12.
The applicant’s engineer, Mark Roderio, said the proposal would be a generic restaurant-type use (the applicant has not yet secured a tenant) with both interior seating and a drive‑through. “We are kind of looking at it more of a generic type restaurant type use now,” Roderio said. He told the board the design had been revised since the planning‑board review to add an exit driveway onto Route 12 and…
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