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Helotes council approves drive-through permission for PUD end-cap, sends remaining restaurant restriction back to Planning & Zoning
Summary
The Helotes City Council approved an amended Planned Unit Development change allowing a drive-through for an end-cap tenant in Tract B (limited to the first business) and added 'counter service' language to Tract A, while sending Tract C back to Planning & Zoning for further review; the amendment passed 3–2.
The Helotes City Council on Nov. 13 approved an amended change to the Mandir Ranch planned unit development that allows a single drive-through in the retail end cap of Tract B, but sent Tract C — proposed to be restricted to a full-service, table-service restaurant — back to Planning & Zoning for further review.
Developers presented the request at a public hearing, saying the 31-acre project at Bandera Road and Scenic Loop needs retail income to finance infrastructure for the residential portion. Ashley Fairmont, representing the developer, and Joe Acock, one of the owners, said the drive-through approval would be limited to the first tenant in the end cap and would not "run with the land." "Without the drive-through income, the project does not start," Acock said during the presentation.
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