Ardmore Drive rezoning

Speaking for the developer, he argued the half-acre lot limits what can be built there, that Old Forest Road is transitioning to commercial, and that a drive-through coffee shop would generate relatively low, intermittent traffic. He noted screening is proposed and utilities are available.

The next-door resident of 32 years raised traffic worries — park-game backups, winter hill failures, bus turning conflicts — plus privacy concerns from a drive-through beside her driveway. She said the developer agreed to discuss a sturdy privacy fence, and asked for one if the project is approved.

The developer and retired physician, a Lynchburg property developer of 40 years, acknowledged the plan is still undefined pending franchise negotiations but pledged his son and he will call the shots and won't put anything there that would disrupt the neighbor or harm the environment.