East Main Street Retail Conversion

The applicant wants to change an existing auto repair business located at 1325 East Main Street into a retail business. Retail is a permitted use in the Commercial Zone.

The applicant also wants to add a drive-thru to the building. Staff has concerns about the traffic impact of a drive-thru and requested a traffic study. The applicant does not want to provide a traffic study and believes their project will have minimal impacts.

The Planning Commission will weight in on whether they need to provide a traffic study or not. Also drive-thrus are a conditional use, which means the Planning Commission can place reasonable conditions on the use to mitigate potential negative impacts.

The public hearing for this item is related to the conditional use drive-thru. Comments should be focused on the drive-thru, likely impacts, and any potential solutions.