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Council hears drive‑thru zoning study; Planning Commission recommends limits on new restaurant drive‑thrus
Summary
Staff presented a zoning study recommending prohibition of new restaurant and coffee shop drive‑thrus, indoor or walk‑up service requirements, and restrictions on allowable districts; council had questions and laid the ordinance over for a second reading and public hearing on Nov. 13.
At a Nov. 6 first reading the Saint Paul City Council received a staff briefing on a drive‑thru zoning study from planning staff member Bill Dermody, who said the city currently has about 80 drive‑thrus and described three headline planning commission recommendations: prohibit new drive‑thrus for restaurants and coffee shops, require indoor or walk‑up service during the same hours as the…
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