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Planning commission approves Chipotle-style restaurant with pickup window in Hartland Town Square
Summary
The Hartland Township Planning Commission approved a site plan for an approximately 2,385 sq ft restaurant with dining and a pickup window in Hartland Town Square, subject to standard staff conditions; the applicant agreed to address landscaping, lighting and rooftop screening details with staff.
The Hartland Township Planning Commission voted to approve a site plan application for a new restaurant with a pickup window in Hartland Town Square. Staff described the property as roughly 1.04 acres at the intersection near US-23 and M‑59, and said the proposal meets planned-development pattern-book requirements for setbacks, height and lot coverage.
Troy, a planner with the planning department, told commissioners the proposed building would be about 2,385 square feet and that the project requires only planning-commission site-plan approval under the township's PD rules. "They meet all of those requirements," Troy said while reviewing setbacks, height and lot-coverage calculations. The staff memorandum in the packet (dated 04/16/2026) was used as the basis for the recommendation.
Applicant Nick Bauer, civil engineer for Stonefield Engineering Design representing Heartland Square LLC, addressed items in the planning report and said engineering and fire reviews did not raise major concerns. "We believe the proposed plan is a high quality comprehensive landscape design that meets the intent of the zoning ordinance," Bauer said when describing landscaping and mitigation of lighting impacts.
Commissioners discussed parking calculations and confirmed the plan provides 33 spaces (staff's usable-parking math yielded about 24 spaces); the applicant also agreed to show barrier-free spaces and construction details on the final plans. The commission's motion to approve the site plan incorporated the conditions outlined in the staff memorandum.
What happens next: The applicant will update construction drawings to reflect staff comments (landscaping adjustments, dumpster enclosure details, lighting specifications and rooftop screening on the north elevation) and proceed with the required engineering submittals. The planning commission's approval is a site-plan decision within the PD; no separate township-board approval was required for this application.
