Chick-Fil-A will appeal last week’s Design Review Committee decision to not allow the company to construct a freestanding restaurant and drive through on the corner of 20th Street and Highland Avenue South in Five Points. The City must convene a special Board of Appeals to hear the case. You can see the Birmingham Business Journal story here.
We will post more when we hear more. Stay tuned.
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“The City must convene a special Board of Appeals to hear the case”.
How much will this cost the financially strapped City of Birmingham, and/or the public?
Why can’t they build where Courtney’s is?
Better yet, isn’t there an abandoned Citgo on 14th Street, on a busy corner just off the interstate exit ramp? Am I missing something (beyond a love of capitalism)?
I’m afraid the answer on the site is: it’s next to a CVS. One of the highest priorities of new Walgreen’s (and I assume vice versa) is to locate as close as possible to a competitor. Just what we need, huh?
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I’ve tried to summarize a little bit of description from the 1964 Birmingham City Code.
http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Birmingham_Housing_Board_of_Appeals
John–thanks for posting this. bhamwiki, by the way, is a fantastic local resource.