Both boards voted 7-0 on the denial.
The details
According to the presentation, Dossani Paradise Management was awarded a B-K Sizzle design for the proposed Grapevine location located at 834 E. Northwest Highway. The Sizzle design is part of a $400 million investment that offers ordering kiosks.
There are three B-K Sizzles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and only 20 nationwide, according to the presentation.
The conditional use permit request was to develop a 2,978-square-foot restaurant with a dual-lane drive-through. In addition, a 4,140-square-foot office building that would be 24 feet tall would be on the back part of the property.
Council and planning and zoning officials both had concerns about parking along Wall Street and the zoning of an office in a residential area.
Quote of Note
“I have no problem with the Burger King, but I have a big problem with a 4,000-plus-[square-foot] office building being built right close to Wall Street,” Mayor William D. Tate said. “Twenty-four foot tall, it's just gonna stick out like a sore thumb and it's everything we've worked to try to prevent. I can't support it. We've worked very hard to preserve Wall Street as a single-family development. You're going to ruin it.”
The background
Dossani Paradise Management, a Grapevine-based business, operates Burger King and Taco Bell locations throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to its website.
