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McDonald’s proposes 3,830‑sq‑ft drive‑through restaurant on Route 20; council sends matter to Urban Affairs
Summary
McDonald’s USA asked Marlborough City Council for a special permit to build a 3,830‑square‑foot restaurant with a double drive‑through at 735 Boston Post Road East, proposing landscaping and stormwater upgrades but drawing neighborhood concerns about hours, noise and deliveries.
McDonald’s USA presented plans for a 3,830‑square‑foot restaurant with a double drive‑through at 735 Boston Post Road East and asked the council for a special permit for the drive‑through use.
Anne Sobolewski, speaking for McDonald’s, said the site is vacant and the applicant proposes to demolish existing structures and replace them with a smaller building with 38 seats and 36 parking spaces. The design team, including Luke DiStefano of Boller Engineering and Sean Kelly of Chapel Engineering, described expanded landscaping, reduced impervious area, stormwater pretreatment and a traffic study prepared to state and industry standards. The project team said impervious cover would fall by about 15% (roughly 17,500 square feet) and that stormwater would be…
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