Concord Township supervisors granted conditional use approval for a Dunkin’ Donuts shop, but not without first adding a condition requested by a resident.
The board heard the request for the shop on Feb. 25. Diptesh Patel — who runs other Dunkin’ Donut shops in Aston and Upper Chichester — wants to put another shop in in the Concord Village Shopping Center at Route 1 and Cheney Road. The shop would go into the location vacated by the Concord Village Pharmacy. It would also include a drive-thru window.
It was testified during the hearing that there would be no grilling, frying or baking on the premises — that donuts and sandwiches would arrive from a corporate site already cooked and that all the local shop would need to do is reheat the food — but when the supervisors read the list of conditions prior to the March 4 vote, nothing noting that was mentioned.
Township resident Rufus Miley spoke up and reminded the supervisors that such a restriction on cooking should be part of the formal approval. Township solicitor Hugh Donaghue agreed with Miley and suggested that the supervisors add the restriction to the list of conditions.
Other conditions include relocating a large trash receptacle and adding signs and striping to help motorists and pedestrians navigate safely through and around the drive-thru area.
There are other retail operations in the shopping center and the doughnut shop will be on the lower level of the same building that houses the district court. Supervisors were concerned about pedestrian safety because of the heavy amount of foot traffic, especially on days when court is in session.
The required signage will direct people walking between the court and the lower level to use the north side of the building, away from the drive-thru.
Planned operating hours are 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days per week, with peak hours being 6-9 a.m.
There is no word yet when the shop will open.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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