DeKALB DeKalb businessman Jim Mason wants to bring a drive-thru coffee and ice cream shop to 1406 Sycamore Road, to accompany Ruby’s Asian Market, CJ’s Gaming and the soon-to-come Eggsperience Cafe.
The drive-up ice cream and coffee parlor would also be operated by the same owners as Eggsperience Cafe, Fransisco and Lesly Morales, according to city documents. The new breakfast space will occupy the site once used by Flappy’s Pancake House after the former tenant was left to find new space when their lease wasn’t renewed. The Morales also own Los Panchos Mexican Restaurant in Sycamore. The four-tenant building at 1406 Sycamore Road is zoned for commercial use but the drive-thru component would require a special use permit.
The proposed business will be the subject of a public hearing in front of the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St.
The drive-thru would occupy Suite D, 2,100-square-feet of space which once housed a dentist office, documents show, and city staff recommend approval.
The menu board for the drive-thru would be located off the southeast corner of the building, and two drive-through windows would be added to the east side of the building. Three parallel parking spaces and one regular parking space would need to be removed to accommodate the drive-thru lane, documents show.
Landscaping along the east side of the building will also need to be removed.
In order to accommodate the drive-thru, changes will be made to the traffic patterns surrounding the building to better service cars coming in and out of the area.
The proposed drive-thru would accommodate the required five-car space for the drive-thru lane, documents show, and the drive northbound on Oakwood Avenue would be made into a one-way only to accommodate the drive-thru lane.
Drivers coming from the north existing parking lot near the building will need to go along the west side of the Secretary of State’s Office to exit the site, and the drive to the west of that office will be made one-way going south on Oakwood Avenue.
The eastern access along Oakwood Avenue to the Secretary of State’s Office will also be made one way, and signage to better understand direction will be added throughout the parking lot.
In a citizen response form related to the proposal, Sean Niklas of Saren Restaurants representing JD Wesley, Inc. which owns the adjacent Wendy’s Restaurant, said he did not object to the ice cream and coffee shop.
Source: The Daily Chronicle
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