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City fulfills order for fewer rules on drive-thrus
VOLUME 33, ISSUE 22
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he Grand Junction City Council voted unanimously on May 20 to loosen zoning rules for drivethrough businesses after developers, engineers and commercial real estate representatives argued the city’s existing code made some projects difficult or impossible to build. The amendment removes portions of the city’s zoning and development code that restricted how drive-through lanes could be designed and located on commercial properties. The changes passed 7-0 after weeks of debate at both the Planning Commission and City Council level. Drive-throughs remain prohibited in downtown Grand Junction and within the 24 Road corridor overlay district. The amendment only affects areas where drive-through facilities already are allowed under city-zoning regulations. Rather than outright banning drive-throughs citywide, as some municipalities have done to discourage car dependency and reduce emissions, Grand Junction instead imposed design restrictions that developers said made it difficult or impossible for many vehicle-oriented businesses to build workable drive-through layouts on certain properties. See story Page 5
Tattoo artists at new studio ELSWR also express their creativity in fine arts — See Page 2 Co-owners Brandon Fuller, left, and Jake Sheffield opened their new tattoo studio, ELSWR (that’s short for Elsewhere), in late April. The duo and several of ELSWR’s resident tattoo artists most recently worked at Elysium until it closed, and they only had to move several blocks to 518 Colorado Ave., where High Desert Authentiques used to reside. Photo by Tim Harty.
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