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Commission postpones Sabe Alano food-truck and commercial-kitchen request to Jan. 8 for more information
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The commission delayed action on a food-truck and proposed commercial kitchen at 3919 Parkway Lane after staff recommended denial over parking, build-to-line placement and citywide zoning effects; the applicant will work with staff and return Jan. 8.
The Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 11 postponed consideration of a Level B site plan for a permanent mobile food vehicle (Sabe Alano) at 3919 Parkway Lane and a request to classify a proposed commercial kitchen as a similar use to a restaurant. The case was moved to the Jan. 8 meeting to allow the applicant time to supply floor plans and utility/operations details requested by staff.
Planning staff recommended denial of the combined mobile food-vehicle and commercial-kitchen application. “Staff respectfully request the application for a mobile food vehicle and commercial kitchen be denied,” staff told the commission, citing three primary concerns: the proposed truck location sits forward of the building’s build-to line rather than behind the front elevation; the plan would reduce required parking and could create circulation conflicts with existing U-Haul and other tenant operations in the lot; and classifying a commercial kitchen as a similar use to a restaurant could make that classification apply citywide where restaurants are already permitted.
Staff also reported the truck had operated after a code-violation referral and noted the current setup included temporary extension cords; staff recommended a permanent electrical connection if a truck were to be permitted and raised questions about water hookups and the parking adequacy for the building’s multiple tenants. The staff presentation described the host building as a 16,665-square-foot office/warehouse (built 1983) with several tenants and said staff was unable to obtain a full floor plan to compute exact parking needs.
Applicant Aldo Montilla, who leases space in the building, said through an interpreter that he is operating a food truck on the lot and would like to build a commercial kitchen inside the leased warehouse space in the future, potentially for carryout and wholesale (catering/wholesale production). He said the truck is his and that the property owner has consented to the arrangement. Montilla explained the commercial-kitchen work would be a future step and is contingent on financing and building-out the leased area.
Commissioners and staff discussed potential alternative locations on the site, and whether a truck could be sited behind the build-to line; staff said a hypothetical relocation might be possible but that concerns about parking reduction and circulation would remain without clearer plans. Given outstanding information needs and the code-classification concern, the commission voted to postpone the case to Jan. 8 to allow the applicant to work with staff on floor plans, parking calculations and clarifying whether the interior use would operate as a restaurant/carryout or as a wholesale/commercial kitchen with off-site distribution.
