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Ventura DRC sends McKenna Coffee drive‑through back for revisions, citing pedestrian and circulation problems
Summary
Design review commissioners said the McKenna Coffee proposal at 2148 E. Harbor Blvd. lacks required sections and clear pedestrian circulation; they voted to return the item to the DRC on May 6 with roof plans, building sections and studies of pedestrian and vehicular circulation, and to address bird deterrence and tree choices.
The Design Review Committee on Monday sent back a proposed McKenna Coffee drive‑through at 2148 East Harbor Boulevard, saying the application is incomplete and raising concerns about pedestrian and vehicle circulation.
Planning staff described the proposal as a 2,000‑square‑foot café with a dual drive‑through, a 1,260‑square‑foot covered outdoor patio, roughly 34 indoor and 38 outdoor seats and operating hours of 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. "The item before you is project 24‑0551, the McKenna Coffee project located at 2148 East Harbor Boulevard," planning staff said in the presentation.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the site plan and packet do not yet allow the committee to assess whether pedestrian routes and internal circulation are safe or code‑compliant. Chair Adelman said she was "having difficulty with" reviewing the design because building sections and a roof plan were missing. Several…
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