Burger King

Having it our way, says city and county planning boards about new BK location

jfbeck_99_272012 — Nov 15, 2023, 2:55pm

In a continuing succession of steps to reach final planning approval for a new southwest site of Burger King, the Carrols Corp. folks have made it through another round of the city’s Planning and Development Committee this week, Committee Chairman Duane Preston says.

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County Planning Board approves BK variances, plan goes back to the city

jfbeck_99_272012 — Sep 15, 2023, 7:55am

The future location of a new Burger King, which has been making the rounds to the city and county planning boards the last few months, will be at the corner of West Main and North Lyon streets in Batavia. The applicant received another green light from the Genesee County Planning Board Thursday.
2023 File Photo by Howard Owens

The Genesee County Planning Board unanimously approved two variances for the proposed Burger King drive-through at 301-305 West Main St., Batavia during its Thursday evening meeting.

The applicant, Carrols LLC, represented by site engineer Peter Sorgi, requested two variances to allow for 26 parking spaces versus the required minimum of 32 spaces and for a building height of 18.66 feet, which would be ~~.66~~ 8 inches more than the maximum allowable 18 feet.

Fine-tuning BK plans means more green, less pavement and all rights

jfbeck_99_272012 — Aug 16, 2023, 8:01am

Derek Geib, left, a member of the city's Planning & Development Committee, discusses a new Burger King location with Real Estate Manager Doug Beachel and site engineer Patrick Mahoney during the committee's meeting Tuesday at City Hall.
Photo by Joanne Beck.

After making additional tweaks to their blueprint of a new Burger King location on the city’s southwest side, site engineer Peter Sorgi and his team were encouraged Tuesday by the progress being made in Carrols Corporation’s incremental steps toward approval, he says.

“We reduced some of the pavements and some of the drive aisles, which increased the landscaping, and we also reduced some parking, which increased the landscaping, which is a direct result of the comments of this board. So, more green space, less pavement,” Sorgi said after the city’s Planning and Development Committee meeting. “And the other change I made was a right in or right out on Main Street, no left either way. And our initial plan had left both ways. So, again, it was working with the board to get that understanding. We have (the Zoning Board of Appeals) for two variances and then back here for site plan. We've been very happy with the comments. It's a better plan than it was when we started, and that's the process.”

Plans for new Burger King location to return for review after adjustments

jfbeck_99_272012 — Jul 26, 2023, 3:45pm

Batavia's City Planning and Development Committee members, left, David Beatty, Ed Flynn, Duane Preston, John Ognibene and Derek Geib discuss plans for a new Burger King location with site engineers Patrick Mahoney and Peter Sorgi, and Code Enforcement Officer Doug Randall, not shown, Tuesday at City Hall.
Photo by Joanne Beck.

If all goes to plan, there could be a brand new Burger King restaurant with drive-through service, ample landscaping, and a corner lot set-up with an adjacent traffic light in place by the spring of 2024.

That is, of course, if real estate manager John FitzGerald and his site engineers meet the qualifications of the city’s Planning & Development Committee, which so far have included a request to reduce a 17-foot bypass lane, bump up the landscaping, and consider a traffic study.

Burger King wants a southwest corner of the city, requires special use permit

jfbeck_99_272012 — Jun 26, 2023, 8:00am

Batavia Restaurant Supply, on the corner of West Main Street and South Lyon, and next to Beverly's Floral & Gifts, are in line with future Burger King plans to raze both places and move in a larger fastfood restaurant with drive-through service on the city's southwest corner of Batavia.
Photo by Howard Owens.

If a popular fast-food restaurant chain has things its way, multiple properties — including the sites of Batavia Restaurant Supply and Beverly’s Floral & Gifts — will be demolished in lieu of a bigger, wraparound establishment on a southwest corner in the city.