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Board removes longtime prohibition on drive-thru restaurants at Yamato Crossing site
Summary
Planning and Zoning Board voted 7–0 to delete a condition in the 2000 universal conditional rezoning that prohibited freestanding restaurants with drive-thrus on the undeveloped portion of Yamato Crossing; staff said traffic improvements and a new traffic study support the change.
The Planning and Zoning Board on June 5 voted unanimously to remove a 25-year-old restriction that barred freestanding restaurants with drive-thru lanes at the undeveloped portion of Yamato Crossing (202 West Yamato Road).
Heather Hanson, senior planner, said the restriction was added in 2000 in response to neighborhood concerns at the time; the site was approved then as a universal conditional rezoning (Ordinance 4500) that permitted a bank with drive-thru instead of a restaurant. Hanson said roadway capacity has improved (additional turn lanes and an extra approach lane at nearby intersections) and a current traffic study shows a drive-thru restaurant on the parcel could meet Palm Beach County traffic performance standards.
No physical changes were proposed at the hearing; Hanson said any drive-thru restaurant would require a separate site-plan amendment with full review. Nearby residents who spoke at the public hearing opposed the change on traffic and neighborhood-character grounds. Derek Vanderploeg, speaking for the applicant, said the owner wants to market the parcel to potential restaurant tenants and that any future building would return for site-plan review.
The board voted 7–0 to delete the condition that prohibited freestanding drive-thru restaurants, clearing the way for future site-plan applications on the parcel.
