City council votes Tuesday to allow rezoning of property that would make way for widely opposed Chick-fil-A– In a Tuesday city council meeting, members voted 12-to-7 for the proposed Chick-fil-A to be built in front of the North Creek subdivision across from First Coast High School. It would also use the subdivision’s front entrance as an entryway.
The city required Chick-fil-A to conduct a traffic study analysis of the area as a condition of the rezoning.said more than 1,000 trips generated by a Chick-fil-A would have a nominal impact. It also recommended adding a traffic light at the intersection of Bradley Cove Road and Duval Station Road and a right-turn lane on Lady Lake Road.
They expressed their disappointment in the Land Use and Zoning Committee’s approval. City councilman Reggie Gaffney Jr. called the vote “heartbreaking” because the residents felt like their concerns weren’t heard.