- December 21, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Robert Baltierrez let out an audible gasp after a zoning rules committee voted to reject his application to set aside restrictions to allow him to continue operating a drive-thru at Taco Boy.
“I’m done,” he said. “I just put my property up for sale. I’ve been in this town for 50 years. I hate to leave it this way.”
Baltierrez had asked the city to allow him to operate his low-traffic drive-thru at 804 S. Mission St. with a reduced minimum amount of space for traffic waiting to order after being told by city staff in August that it didn’t meet requirements under the zoning ordinance.
It went before the city’s zoning board of appeals last Wednesday night along with a proposal to waive zoning rules about screening the drive-thru area from Fancher Elementary, which abuts the property.
It failed on a 2-2 vote, with a majority required for passage. The fencing request passed unanimously.
The two commissioners who voted against it — ZBA…
