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Commission clears Cava fast‑casual restaurant with pickup window at Rockville Station; landscape and lighting revisions required
Summary
The commission approved DPR 2419 for a roughly 2,500‑square‑foot fast‑casual restaurant with a drive‑through/pickup window in Rockville Station after staff and the petitioner agreed to revised architectural details, a revised landscape plan and a lighting plan to be reviewed before permitting.
The Avon Advisory Planning Commission approved DPR 2419 to allow construction of a 2,540‑square‑foot fast‑casual restaurant (Cava) with a drive‑through pickup window at Lot 2 in Rockville Station (now addressed as 9257 East US Highway 36). The commission’s approval was conditioned on several standard staff items, including submission of a revised landscape plan to meet perimeter landscaping requirements and a lighting/photometric plan prior to permitting.
Why it matters: The lot was previously used to provide parking for the multi‑tenant building on Lot 1; the new building will occupy part of that lot but retain 58 existing spaces, and the combined parking supply between the two lots will exceed the town’s most restrictive parking calculation for the combined uses. The Board of Zoning Appeals granted a special exception for the drive‑through pickup window; the BZA required that any future on‑site ordering equipment or menu boards would need additional BZA review.
Staff analysis and conditions: Staff said the site is zoned C3 (though mailed notice listed C2; staff verified that the property is C3) and that restaurants are permitted in C3. Staff asked the applicant to revise elevations and glazing to meet UDO architectural standards, to provide additional perimeter landscaping around the parking field, and to submit a lighting/photometric plan before permits will be issued. The applicant revised elevations to meet the minimum glazing percentages and added repeating architectural elements.
Petitioner comments: William Wilson of Paragon Realty (owner/developer) and the project team said they will record a cross‑access and maintenance declaration between Lot 1 and Lot 2 so the two parcels function together even if ownership changes. Paragon also said it upgraded lighting across Lot 1 in 2023 to LED and will provide a photometric/lighting plan for the new lot.
Commission action: The commission found the project met the UDO’s architectural and parking standards after the requested adjustments and approved DPR 2419 subject to the staff conditions listed in the report (revised landscape plan and lighting review among them). The drive‑through pickup window was previously approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals with a condition limiting future on‑site ordering.
