![]() ![]() He suggested centering the curb cut on the property to give more room. Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey said he spoke to other franchise locations in Western Massachusetts to get an idea of how many people this Starbucks will attract. The board members communicated that they were concerned about the possibility of vehicular conflict in front of the site and stormwater discharge. Last month, the Community Development Board approved applicant Jamasan Hotel Management's site plan but had similar hangups. "We are adding some stormwater improvements as well to capture and treat stormwater to typical design standards." "We've designed the site to comply with the zoning section for drive-through requirements with the required number of queue spaces, meeting landscape requirements," he said. The applicants intend to build a 2,700-square-foot coffee shop that maintains the existing curb cuts for entry and exit and has a drive-through with a waiting lane for 21 cars with a bypass lane after the order point.Ĭivil engineer Timothy Power said it is a "fairly straightforward project." The proposed site on Route 7 spreads over two lots the front lot used to house a gas station. Guido's owner Matt Masiero asked if there has been a consideration to move the curb cut farther away and emphasized that both businesses support the project aside from their concerns with traffic flow. He said some customers told him that they will think twice about coming to the meat shop if the project is so close to the exit. He said there can be an average of about 1,200 cars entering and exiting per day and the proposal will increase the difficulty tenfold and be a danger on the road. It can be quite challenging for our customers to make a right onto incoming traffic towards Lenox and even more so to make a left across two speeding lanes towards Pittsfield." ![]() "We often employ people to direct traffic and parking around the holidays to relieve bottlenecks that occur. "I'm thankful to all my loyal customers that make the store so popular, especially in the summer but as busy as we are in the market, it's nothing compared to the perils of the parking and existing oncoming traffic of Route 7," Mike Mazzeo, owner of Mazzeo's Seafood in Guido's, said. The popular suggestion was to move the access point south toward Jiffy Lube. After hearing concerns from abutters, they urged the applicant to "be a good neighbor" and reconfigure it. On Tuesday, the panel continued a request to build the coffee shop and drive-through at 1030 South St.Ĭouncilors were concerned about the entrance and exit being close to the curb cut for Guido's Fresh Marketplace and the Hilton Garden Inn. The City Council wants a better solution for the proposed Starbucks curb cut on Route 7. Only small issue is that when calling around midnight, neither my fiancé or I was able to get a hold of someone.01:43PM / Wednesday, OctoPrint Story | Email Story Also should mention these were at times of the day I would even be grumpy about it. The driver drove right to our car again.īoth shuttle drivers were helpful, friendly, and joked a little with us. They were timely and again helped with our bags of course. When we got back from our trip (practically midnight), we waited by one of the pick up locations for the shuttle. They make sure to give you a ticket with your parking spot on it. When you pull in you get a ticket and find your own spot, their shuttle service will find you right away and help you with your bags both getting in the shuttle and out of the shuttle when arriving at the airport. ![]() This was the first time my fiancé and I used a self park service or anything like this, but it was really efficient and the employees we interacted with (shuttle drivers) were all friendly. Just picked my car up from Jiffy and had a great experience. ![]()
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