Westminster planning panel conditionally approves Chick‑fil‑A site plan amid traffic, neighborhood concerns

The Westminster Planning and Zoning Commission voted to conditionally approve site development plan S230001 for a Chick‑fil‑A on Aug. 21, on a motion that links final permits to completion of the Market Street extension and other conditions.

Commissioners and residents focused much of the hearing on traffic modeling and whether Market Street Extended will reduce cut‑through traffic on Old Baltimore Road, part of the neighborhood locally known as the Tree Streets. Residents described worries about increased congestion, driveway conflicts and safety from new restaurant traffic.

The commission's conditional approval requires the applicant to address all outstanding city and county comments before submitting signature‑set plans; to record a boundary line adjustment or subdivision in Carroll County land records before final signature‑set approval; and to start construction of Market Street beyond grading before the city issues building permits for the Chick‑fil‑A, with Market Street completed and accepted by the Carroll County Board of Commissioners before…