Chick-fil-A wants to open an eatery at a Walnut Creek strip mall, but the controversial fast-food restaurant’s plans have already ruffled some neighbors’ feathers.
WALNUT CREEK —
The city’s Planning Commission on March 14 approved a conditional use permit for the infill project in a 6-1 vote, with Commissioner Melissa Ward dissenting. Many also argued that other fried chicken establishments — including a different Chick-fil-A less than four miles away from the proposed site — already exist in the city. Others were wary that the Georgia-based chicken restaurant has become a flashpoint in recent years, driven by its leaders’ conservative Christian beliefs and history of financially supporting anti-LGBTQ groups.
Addressing comments about congestion, Brett Walinski, vice president and principal associate of Hexagon Transportation Consultants, which conducted a traffic impact analysis in January, said that the traffic impact analysis conducted in January showed there would be enough parking spaces to handle anticipated demand, and that the expected afternoon peak traffic traveling into the neighborhood from Chick-fil-A on Citrus Avenue is 14 trips, or one every four minutes.
“This would be a restaurant authorized by-right in this area,” Loveland said. “We just want to make sure that you know where our heart is, to get and to properly serve the community.”Miss Manners: My husband embarrassed me at the family Easter partyReview: Bruce Springsteen ups his game for incredible Easter Sunday show
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