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Florence planning committee backs Turfley Commons drive-through with conditions
Summary
City planning staff presented a revised concept plan for a 3,500-sq-ft restaurant with a two-lane drive-through at an outlot on Houston Road; the planning commission and city committee recommended approval subject to multiple conditions addressing access, landscaping, masonry, signage and rules to suspend drive-through operations if queuing obstructs adjacent roadways.
Todd Morgan, presenting the planning committee's recommendation, described a revised concept plan to allow a roughly 3,500-square-foot restaurant with 93 indoor seats, an outdoor seating area, two drive-through lanes and 54 on-site parking spaces on a 1.55-acre outlot along Houston Road between Texas Roadhouse and Family Allergy & Asthma.
Morgan said the Boone County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval with 16 conditions; the city's planning and zoning committee then revised some of those conditions before forwarding the recommendation to the council. Staff highlighted design changes that brought the building into compliance with the plan-development masonry standard (revised elevations showing…
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