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ZBA clears coffee shop drive-through variances at North Campbell and 12 Mile despite parking shortfall
Summary
Royal Oak ZBA approved parking and drive-through variances for a planned small coffee shop and closed-door pharmacy at 1821 North Campbell, waiving five required parking spaces and granting limited stacking/escape-lane exceptions after members cited practical difficulty from an existing non‑retail pharmacy and prior bank drive-through configuration.
The Royal Oak City Zoning Board of Appeals voted to approve several variances for a proposed coffee shop with a drive-through at 1821 North Campbell Road, allowing the change of use in a building that currently houses a closed‑door (delivery-only) pharmacy.
City staff told the board the change of use increases required on‑site parking from 15 to 20 spaces (5 spaces short of the ordinance requirement) and that the approved site plan shows drive‑through stacking and escape‑lane dimensions that do not meet zoning width provisions. The petitioner seeks a variance to waive five parking spaces and an exception related…
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