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Planning commission narrowly approves revisions to drive‑through rules after a divided debate
Summary
After public testimony from commercial real-estate representatives and extended discussion, the Planning Commission voted 4–3 to forward to City Council proposed revisions to drive‑through facility standards that remove subjective pedestrian-mobility language, change 'adjacent' to 'abutting,' and relax prohibitions on locating drive lanes between a building front and the public right-of-way.
The Planning Commission voted 4–3 to forward to City Council a staff-proposed text amendment that alters how the city regulates drive‑through facilities. Staff said the package removes a subjective requirement that "all drive through facilities shall be designed and located to avoid impairing pedestrian mobility to or from the principal structure," replaces the term "adjacent" with the narrower term "abutting," and deletes an absolute restriction on placing drive‑through lanes between a building front…
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