Commission recommends one‑unit carryout at 1859 Inkster with site‑plan conditions

The Garden City Planning Commission on July 10 voted to recommend City Council approve a special‑land‑use permit to allow one carryout restaurant at 1859 Inkster Road (part of the multi‑tenant property addressed 1847 Inkster). The commission also approved the restaurant's site plan with conditions addressing waste handling, grease storage, accessibility and hours of operation.

Planner Ortega summarized staff review: the building is a new multi‑tenant structure in the C‑1 Local Business District, where carryout restaurants require special‑land‑use approval because of potential intensity, hours of operation, and impacts on adjacent single‑family homes. Ortega said the site currently provides 20 parking spaces and that the proposed carryout use requires seven parking spaces; with that calculation, 13 spaces remain for the other tenants.

Commission discussion focused on dumpster placement, grease‑trap handling and screening, number of carryout units allowed on the property, ADA accessibility and hours. Commissioners asked that the approval be limited to a single carryout in unit 1859. Ortega and commissioners discussed options for an internal grease trap versus an outdoor grease container; the commission conditioned site‑plan approval to require the grease container or grease‑storage system to be properly screened and, where feasible, located at the rear of the building with administrative review of final details.

The applicant's representative stated the proposed use would be a carryout operation and that proposed hours would be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. Property owner Kathy Rifkin spoke during the marijuana discussion earlier in the meeting (she is the landlord of a different facility) but did not provide details for this application; the applicant confirmed hours and food‑service type to the commission during the presentation.

After closing the public hearing (no public speakers), the commission voted to recommend approval to City Council of the special‑land‑use limited to one carryout at unit 1859 at 1847 Inkster Road, contingent on final site‑plan approval. The commission separately approved the site plan with conditions: grease storage screened and preferably at the rear of the building, provision for waste bins (noted at the front for operational needs) and a note that building‑department review will ensure ADA accessibility. The site‑plan approval included the applicant‑stated hours of operation, 11 a.m.–9 p.m., seven days a week.

Both the special‑land‑use recommendation and the site‑plan approval passed by roll call.