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Owner seeks neighborhood restaurant at 100 Cherokee St.; council questions parking, buffers and CBD zoning

Canton City Council · November 7, 2025
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Summary

The owner of a house at 100 Cherokee Street asked Canton City Council on Nov. 6 to rezone a 0.692‑acre parcel from R‑20 to CBD to operate a pickup‑focused Guatemalan restaurant.

The owner of a house at 100 Cherokee Street asked Canton City Council on Nov. 6 to rezone a 0.692‑acre parcel from R‑20 (single‑family residential) to CBD (Central Business District) to operate a neighborhood restaurant that staff described as largely pickup and takeout.

Planning staff member Mister Green described the property, noted two requested variances — one to encroach into an existing stream buffer and another to retain a gravel parking surface — and said the lot has previously been used for nonresidential purposes, including a church. The staff summary said the current comprehensive‑plan character is "historic traditional…

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