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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission
DATE: November 24, 2025
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Granting a Conditional Use Permit for a Drive-through Restaurant (2530) Use on the Property Located at 404 N. Eola Road. (The Oakhurst Center, LLC - 25-0845 / NA20/3-25.288-CU/FPN/R - SB - Ward 7)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, The Oakhurst Center, LLC, is requesting approval of a Conditional Use for a Restaurant with a Drive-through Facility (2530) use on Lot 2 of the Oakhurst Center subdivision, located at 404 N. Eola Road, which includes an approximately two thousand (2,000) square foot building, with a single drive-through lane with one (1) ordering window and one (1) ordering menu.
BACKGROUND:
The property in question consists of Lot 1 and Lot 2 of the Oakhurst Center subdivision, which are addressed, respectively, as 444 N. Eola Road and 404 N. Eola Road. Lot 1, which is approximately two and a quarter (2.25) acres, contains the existing, approximately twenty-three thousand (23,000) square foot, multi-tenant commercial building, while Lot 2, which is approximately one (1) acre, is a parking lot. Lot 1 and Lot 2 share one hundred, forty-eight (148) parking spaces in the subdivision's existing configuration. The Comprehensive Plan designates the Oakhurst Center as Commercial, while the adjacent block of N. Eola Road is designated as Arterial.
The Final Plat and Final Plan resolution for the Oakhurst Center subdivision was approved per PDFNL05.06. The approved Final Plan from 2005 included the existing building on Lot 1, as well as indication on Lot 2 of a ten thousand (10,000) square foot building footprint outline intended to develop as a commercial building. The intent was to allow for the development of Lot 1 to commence, and to allow for Lot 2 to occur as an outline for future development, with intentions for a Final Plan Revision to be presented when development is ready. As a result, the original Final Plan included layout, parking, lands...
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