BY COLBY FARR & SHELBIE HAMILTON
McKinney leaders consider potential drive-thru regulations City o cials could soon update McKinney’s Uni ed Development Code to add minimum distance requirements between restaurants with drive-thrus and single-family residential zones. The gist In a March 25 joint meeting, members of McK- inney City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission indicated a consensus for updating the city’s development code to require a 150-foot minimum bu er between restaurant drive-thrus
Zoning recommended for US 380 cell tower A new cell tower is planned near the cor- ner of US 380 and Lake Forest Drive. McK- inney Planning and Zoning Commissioners voted 5-2 to recommend a zoning request for the project at a March 25 meeting. In a nutshell McKinney City Council tabled the zoning request at an April 15 meeting. The request allows for a 120-foot tall cell tower behind the Advanced Storage facility.
City sta estimate there are currently 163 restaurants with drive-thrus operating in McKinney.
COLBY FARR COMMUNITY IMPACT
• Require a 200-foot bu er next to single-family zoning except when located across an arterial road • Speci c use permits required in commercial districts If the city’s development code is updated, exist- ing restaurant drive-thrus that don’t meet updated criteria would be considered legally operating but also non-conforming to the city’s code, Assistant City Manager Jennifer Arnold said.
and single-family residential zones. City sta presented three options:
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• Require a 200-foot bu er for drive-thrus next to single-family residential zones except when located across a road
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