“The building looks perfect, but could you just shift it 90 degrees to the left?”

The Dairy Queen at I-35 and RR 150 as seen from I-35

 

Plans for new Diary Queen at this location

Joe Angle of Smith Dairy Queen, LLC, plans to go before the Planning & Zoning Commission Tuesday seeking a conditional use permit to construct anywhere from a 2,600 (according to Angle) to a 3,000 (according to the city) square foot Dairy Queen on a site that’s currently occupied by a Dairy Queen.

 

Looking at the plans being submitted to P&Z, it appears all Angle really seeks to do is turn the current Diary Queen 90 degrees so that the front of the building, that currently faces I-35, will face RR 150. This plan appears eliminate the grassy area between the current structure and RR 150, but, according to the city, some sort of new landscaping plan has been filed with the permit.
 

I can only assume Angle plans to demolish the building that currently occupies the 22601 I-35 address on which he plans to construct his "one-story, single-tenant restauran.," If the line of cars winding around the DQ at 5 p.m. today was any indication, such a demolition plan could pose, at least, a temporary hardship to a number of patrons.
 

According to the documents accompanying the agenda item, "The applicant seeks to construct a 3,065 square foot, one-story, single-tenant restaurant." However, the application filed for the conditional use permit, lists the proposed square footage as 2,601. The 400-square-foot difference may not seem that much, but 400-square feet is the maximum size of a home that cab officially be classified as a tiny house.
 

Obviously there are questions searching for answers here and I hope I can learn some of those answers at Tuesday’s meeting.