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Star council moves to restrict drive‑throughs in downtown code update
Summary
City staff proposed adding language to the Central Business District purpose and standards to discourage — and in a later section to prohibit — drive‑through establishments in the soon‑to‑be‑defined downtown revitalization area; council asked staff to broaden 'restaurant' wording to cover all drive‑throughs and to clarify what counts as an 'incompatible use.'
City staff presented multiple amendments to the Unified Development Code at a Feb. 10 special workshop, including a change to the Central Business District purpose that would steer drive‑through uses away from the downtown core.
Sean, a city staff presenter, told council the proposed purpose statement would say that “drive through restaurants and other land uses that are incompatible to the existing commercial and residential uses are to be discouraged in the central…
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