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Board denies drive-through special-exception request for proposed Riverbank branch at St. Louis and Joachim

5905215 · October 7, 2025
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After extended public comment and neighborhood opposition, the Board of Adjustment denied a special-exception application to allow a drive-through for a proposed Riverbank & Trust location at the corner of St. Louis Street and Joachim Avenue.

The Mobile City Board of Adjustment denied a special-exception request to permit a drive-through at a proposed Riverbank & Trust location at the corner of St. Louis Street and Joachim Avenue in downtown Mobile.

Casey Pipes, attorney for the applicant, said the bank is a permitted use in the downtown district but that drive-through service requires a special exception. Pipes described design work and neighborhood outreach undertaken after an earlier hearing and said the applicant limited the proposal to a single, low-volume drive-through lane and provided conceptual renderings and pedestrian-oriented…

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