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Council OKs first-reading site plan amendments for Dakota's redevelopment with driveway variances, reforestation conditions

3413741 · May 20, 2025
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Summary

On first reading the council approved a revised generalized SP-2 site plan for the Dakota's Steakhouse site at 1901 W. Kirkwood Blvd., granting driveway and stacking variances and adding conditions on tree-caliper minimums and a reforestation payment cap.

The City Council gave first-reading approval on May 20 to an amended SP-2 generalized site plan for the Dakota's Steakhouse and event center at 1901 W. Kirkwood Boulevard, allowing the restaurant event center and associated specialty retail with revised building orientation and two driveway variances.

Planning staff described two alternate site plans presented by the applicant. Staff said the revised plans reduced required parking for the restaurant and event center by applying a seating-based calculation rather than a floor-area calculation, and that alternate plan 1 (the plan the council approved)…

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