Planning commission recommends approval of drive‑through restaurant site plan on East Shelby Drive

The Collierville Planning Commission on its regular meeting recommended approval of a preliminary site plan for a 4,300‑square‑foot drive‑through restaurant on a 1.7‑acre tract in the Carriage Crossing Marketplace.

Don, a planning staff presenter, told commissioners the property owner is Jim Wilson Associates and CCMP Holdings and the applicant is Permit Solutions representing McDonald’s. He said the property is zoned and configured for commercial uses, and staff recommended the plan with 22 conditions, noting curb‑cut approval from the Tennessee Department of Transportation will be required before construction proceeds.

Staff said the applicant proposes 38 parking spaces for a restaurant with 78 proposed seats; the town’s parking formula sets a maximum of 39 spaces based on the seating calculation, and the applicant is below that cap. “They complied,” Don said, referring to earlier changes the applicant made after a denied Board of Zoning Appeals variance.

Commissioners asked about traffic requirements. One commissioner asked whether the packet’s traffic control plan replaced the transportation impact study; staff said it does not. A staff traffic advisor said a traffic control plan is a construction‑phase document and that a full traffic impact study remains a submission requirement when the applicant returns.

The commission moved to recommend approval of case 243874 with the 22 conditions shown on the screen. The motion was seconded and approved by roll call.

The DRC (Development Review Committee) will consider the application next, and the case will return later to the mayor and board for final action.