The Cobb Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to continue a requested site plan change by the Whataburger hamburger chain for a proposed restaurant in Northeast Cobb.
The vote was 5-0 to delay a hearing until July; the case was initially scheduled to be heard in May but was continued.
During a Tuesday zoning hearing, Cobb Zoning DivisionManager John Pederson said the applicant needs another month to work on the plans, which require changing stipulations in uses of the property where the O’Charley’s restaurant was located on Shallowford Road at Sandy Plains Road.
The stipulations include restrictions against a fast-food restaurant and anything with a drive-through service. Whataburger wants to convert the 7,000-square-foot building for a sit-in restaurant with double drive-through service.
The land was rezoned in 1999 and an Other Business approval in 2000 permitted the opening of the O’Charley’s, which closed last year. The 1.3 acres at 3550 Sandy Plains Road formerly belonged to the Gordy family.
Any changes on those former Gordy properties in the area include a review by a special architectural control committee.
That process still hasn’t taken place, and Commissioner JoAnn Birrell said Tuesday she wants that completed before the matter comes up for a hearing.
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