Joplin City Council approves plan for Whataburger on Range Line

The Joplin City Council unanimously approved a plan from Whatabrands to place a Whataburger restaurant at 2014 S. Range Line.

No one spoke for or against the plan during tonight's council meeting.

City staff recommended approval of the proposal:

The proposed site plan meets all requirements under the zoning code, including, but not limited to, parking minimums and setbacks, landscaping, access management, and property line setbacks. 

Joplin Creek runs to the West, coming under Range Line Rd., through the North side of the subject property, and continuing on along E. 20th St. 

The developer is planning to use box culverts to channel the creek underground, essentially continuing the box culverts that carry the creek under Range Line, until the creek would daylight again behind Jiffy Lube. This work is reviewed by the City, but also reviewed and approved by the Army Corps. of Engineers. Landscaping is provided along near the building, in the parking lot, and along the street frontage and property lines. This is serviced by an irrigation system. 

The dumpster is within an enclosure that has additional landscaping screening around it. The site lighting plan indicates that on-site lighting will be below 1 footcandle at each property line. Proposed signage is adequately scaled and meets the requirements of the existing sign code.

Whataburger is a Texas-based chain of fast food restaurants with more than 800 stores across the U. S., with most of them, 670, in Texas.