Cookeville Appeals To Hear Coffee Shop Drive-Thru Variance

The Cookeville Board of Zoning Appeals will consider a variance for a proposed coffee shop Thursday night on Willow Avenue across from the new Home Depot/Target. Cookeville Community Development Director Jon Ward said the variance would eliminate a bypass lane for the drive-thru. Ward said the city’s ordinance requires a minimum 12-foot-wide lane where traffic […]
Cookeville Considering Drive-Thru Ordinance Changes

A recent zoning request for a new fast food restaurant prompted Cookeville officials to discuss changes to its drive thru ordinances at a Monday work session. The proposed change would permit drive-thrus in a neighborhood commercial zone only upon appeal. In 2018, the city amended its ordinance permitting such facilities so long as they were […]









