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Grand Junction planners lean toward incentives, not blanket bans, in drive-through code review
Summary
The Planning Commission discussed requests to relax drive-through placement rules (affecting windows, speaker boxes and drive-through lanes) and generally favored replacing some prescriptive limits with incentive-based or overlay approaches; staff will draft options for later hearings.
City staff presented a request from developers and property owners to revisit drive-through standards, especially where those standards prevent drive-through lanes from being located between a building’s front and adjacent right-of-way. The code change request also prompted discussion about the 24 Road Corridor overlay, which currently limits drive-throughs in designated pedestrian-oriented corridors.
A staff member summarized the planning rationale for the current rule: the overlay seeks to "support more walkable…
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