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Bedford commission approves outdoor seating at McKay’s, rejects proposed pickleball courts
Summary
The Bedford Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 12 approved a specific-use permit allowing existing outdoor seating at 2208 Central Drive with a condition for evergreen vegetative screening, and denied the proposed outdoor amusement (pickleball courts) after commissioners raised concerns about slope, orientation and the applicant’s absence.
The Bedford Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 approved a specific-use permit to allow existing outdoor seating at McKay’s restaurant, 2208 Central Drive, and rejected a companion request for outdoor amusement — a proposed set of pickleball courts.
Commissioner Jacobson moved to approve the outdoor seating and disapprove the recreational portion; Commissioner Mike Ingraham seconded the motion, which the chair put to a voice/hand vote and declared carried. The approval was conditioned on the installation of evergreen vegetative screening around the seating area and explicitly disallowed outdoor amusement (the pickleball courts) as part of this permit.
Wes, city planning staff, told the commission that the outdoor seating area already exists and that the…
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