Planning Commission approves Dutch Brothers construction, subdivision and site plans at 6200 Stage Road

The Planning Commission voted unanimously in February 2026 to approve construction, subdivision and site plans for a Dutch Brothers drive-through at 6200 Stage Road.

Staff introduced the applications as a conjunctive request from the Pickering Firm on behalf of Dutch Brothers and Palmetto Capital Group. Director Taylor (as introduced in the meeting) and staff described a construction-plan request for a newly created 0.54-acre lot and a related final plan to re-subdivide 6.44 acres into two lots (Lot 1: 5.9 acres; Lot 2: 0.54 acres). Staff told commissioners the master plan for the subdivision had been approved on 01/05/2026 and recommended approval of the submitted plans with the conditions listed in the staff report.

Harvey Matheny of the Pickering Firm, the applicant, said the firm and the developer were present and had "no objections to the staff conditions," adding, "We're excited to go for it." Matheny also said Daniel King with Palmetto Capital Group would be the developers for the Dutch Brothers site.

The commission approved the construction plan after an unidentified commissioner moved to "Move we approve with the recommendations from staff" and another commissioner seconded. Roll-call votes taken in the meeting record show the named commissioners answering "Yes," and the motion passed.

Staff then presented the final subdivision plan to re-subdivide 6.44 acres into a two-lot commercial subdivision (lot sizes listed above) within the SC1 planned-unit commercial zoning district. Commissioners asked whether the development would use two existing driveways (one near the Bank of America). Staff answered that the two main driveways would be used and that the plan would be revised to indicate shared entrances and parking delineation.

The commission moved and seconded a motion to approve the final plan; a roll-call vote recorded the named commissioners answering "Yes," and the final-plan motion was approved.

Staff also presented a site plan for the Dutch Brothers coffee restaurant to be located on the 0.54-acre lot: a 989-square-foot drive-through coffee shop with a 16-space parking lot and driveways on Elmore Park Road and Stage Road. When asked about underutilized parking at the existing center, staff said parking had been calculated to meet the requirements at the time the shopping center was developed and that the center currently has an abundance of parking.

The applicant reiterated agreement with staff conditions. The commission moved to approve the site plan "with recommendations from staff" and, by roll-call vote recorded in the meeting, the site-plan motion passed unanimously.

Votes at a glance for the three actions: the motion to approve the construction plan, the motion to approve the final subdivision plan, and the motion to approve the site plan were each carried by the commissioners who answered "Yes" during the roll calls recorded in the transcript. The meeting record shows the following named commissioners participating in roll calls across the items: Greg Easton, Jim Lamb, James Reid, Dawn Conway, Ken Dimitrio, Jack Young, David Hyatt (in the initial roll), Paul Kaiser, and in later votes David Hunt and Don Conway are recorded as participating; the transcript records 'Yes' votes for those named in each roll call.

What happens next: approvals were granted with the staff conditions listed in the commission report; applicants indicated they would implement those conditions as they proceed with construction and site preparation.