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Friday, November 16, 2012

Planning Commission Approves Permits For Shooting Range & Burger FI

The commission also approved preliminary site plans for both businesses

Mentor Planning Commission unanimously approved permits for both a Burger FI restaurant at 8748 Mentor Ave. and an indoor shooting range at 6240 Tin Man Road during its meeting Thursday evening. The commission also approved the restaurant's and range's respective preliminary site plans. David Holtz, the owner of the forthcoming North Coast Gun Club, noted that it had been a long path to get the necessary permissions to open a shooting range. First, the City Council needed to approve changes in the city code to allow the business to operate. Then the Commission had to issue a conditional-use permit. Before the Commission voted for the shooting range's permit, a neighboring business owner expressed some concerns about it. Jim Lawyer said he …

Monday, November 12, 2012

Burger FI Awaits Another Planning Commission Vote

The Florida-based franchise has settled on a new location for its proposed Mentor location

Burger Fi still hopes to open its first Ohio restaurant in Mentor, just at a different location. The Florida-based franchise now wants to open at a site nearly a mile west of its original plan. This Thursday the Mentor Planning Commission will consider a conditional use permit request to re-image the building at 8748 Mentor Ave. to create a freestanding restaurant for burgers, hot dogs and frozen custard. The company decided against its former location at 9184 Mentor Ave. and now needs a building permit for its new selection, the former home of Little Mountain Farmers Market. City Council last week passed a liquor permit transfer for Burger Fi. The business will sell craft beers and wine. "That building has been vacant since the downturn, …

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