In a continuing succession of steps to reach final planning approval for a new southwest site of Burger King, the Carrols Corp. folks have made it through another round of the city’s Planning and Development Committee this week, Committee Chairman Duane Preston says.
The Planning committee advised real estate manager Doug Beachel Tuesday that his client had to meet three contingencies handed down from the Genesee County Planning Board in order to get this ball rolling:
1. Applicant needs to complete a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and obtain a Stormwater permit for construction activity from the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
2. Applicant needs to obtain comments about the potential traffic impacts of the project and obtain a required driveway permit from the state Department of Transportation.
3. Applicant needs to complete a 9-1-1 Enhanced Standards application.
The project will then move on to the ZBA. Once all of these requirements are met, the properties of 301-305 West Main St., 307 West Main St., 4 South Lyon St., and a portion of 6 South Lyon St. need to be merged before anything more can commence, Preston said.
The project has gone through several layers of various code, green space, height, width, zoning and layout revisions for the last year. Officials are hoping to have a new site in place by the fall of 2024. The new Burger King would be located at the corner of South Lyon and West Main streets.
