By JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN
BG Independent News
Bowling Green area residents will have another place to get caffeinated – with a Dunkin’ Donuts store being planned on South Main Street.
The city approved a property split this morning needed for the coffee shop, according to Bowling Green Planning Director Heather Sayler. The new business will be located at 1049 S. Main St., between the Checkers Car Wash and Advanced Auto Parts.
The proposed 2,200-square-foot store will be located back off South Main, since the Checkers Car Wash has a long driveway in front of the property to allow for vehicles lining up for the car wash.
On Monday, the city’s board of public utilities will discuss requests for two utility easements on the parcels to serve electric to the project.
The Dunkin’ Donuts will have a drive thru, Sayler said. Another Dunkin’ Donuts is already located on the Bowling Green State University campus.
The Menards store planned for South Main Street is still in the works.
“They purchased the property. To me that says they are good to go and are moving forward,” Sayler said this morning.
Menard Inc. is planning a 207,893 square foot building on the south end of the city – just south of Walmart and across South Main Street from Home Depot. The location will employ 125 to 250 people, some full-time and some part-time.
In other development issues, the city has issued a permit to Holley Properties for another building at the Park West Apartments on Conneaut Avenue, in front of City Park. The property is already zoned R-3, Sayler said.
On Monday, the city’s Board of Public Utilities will also discuss a request from Bob Maurer, who is seeking an extension of the city’s sanitary sewer services to property he owns at 2308 and 2322 E. Wooster St. These properties are currently in the city corporation limit, but are approximately 2,000 feet east of the existing city sanitary sewer on East Wooster Street.
The board policy on sewer extensions would require Maurer to extend the city’s sanitary sewer to the furthermost point of his property. The cost to extend the master plan sewer to the furthermost property line would be quite expensive due to the depth of the sewer and the distance to reach the homes.
If a city sewer were extended per the board policy, there would be four other properties that would be required to connect to the sanitary sewer. These property owners have not requested sanitary sewer service but would be required to pay for their portion of front footage charges based on the cost of construction.
The majority of the property along the sewer route is agricultural and would not connect to the sewer nor pay any front footage charges.
If the board approves Maurer’s request, he will need to install a private grinder pump to serve the properties and a private force main to connect to the city sanitary sewer.
