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Planning group supports renovation of former McDonald's

The building which had been McDonald's before that fast food restaurant relocated will become a two-level structure if the director of the county's Department of Public Works grants a site plan permit design review checklist exemption. A 14-0 Fallbrook Community Planning Group vote Dec. 21 recommended approval of that exemption.

"It will be a nice addition to that section of town," said Fallbrook Community Planning Group Chair Jack Wood.

Ross Rose owns both the building which was most recently used as a McDonald's and the property where a laundromat is under construction. The former McDonald's will, contingent upon county approval, have both a main floor and a basement. The proposed changes would add 1,638 square feet to the McDonald's building, including converting the patio and the drive-through area into interior space along with adding 1,047 square feet to the structure.

"This is a long-awaited wonderful beautification of the McDonald's," said planning group Design Review Committee chair Eileen Delaney.

The Design Review Committee met Dec. 16. "We asked for more landscaping," Delaney said.

Although the proposed project met existing landscaping requirements, the applicant was supportive of that request and the landscaping was increased by approximately 25%.

"They do need to come back at a later date for signage," Delaney said.

Although the laundromat is a separate project, the former McDonald's building will be coordinated with that facility. "They're doing the aesthetics and architecture to match," Delaney said. "The elevation will match the laundromat."

The former McDonald's building is in the 1000 block of South Main Avenue. "It will be so nice to have tenants in that building," Delaney said.

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