County staff: McDonald’s plan includes retaining wall, speaker tech and tree buffer; no sound study on file
A county representative identified only as Ben told a Warren County hearing the McDonald’s application includes a 2–4 foot retaining wall, new drive‑through speaker technology intended to keep sound at car level, a mandated incompatible‑use tree buffer (six evergreens and three deciduous per 100 feet) and a 0.5 foot‑candle light trespass limit; Ben said the applicant did not submit a sound study.
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A county representative named in the transcript only as Ben summarized elements of the McDonald’s site plan and how the county’s zoning standards would apply. Ben said the design places the building 2–4 feet lower than the rear grade with a 2–4 foot retaining wall and that the applicant submitted information about newer drive‑through speaker technology "to mitigate that noise and keep it at the car level and its acoustic barriers," according to the transcript.
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