Taco Bell

Summary

The Taco Bell project involves a proposed new approximately 2,090 square-foot Taco Bell restaurant with a drive-through at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard, on a small pad site within a larger multi-tenant shopping center. The pad site was originally approved in 2008 for a drive-in bank, later amended to allow a 5,100 sq ft retail/eating establishment, but has remained vacant. The site was subdivided in 2011 into parcel A (the larger shopping center) and the smaller pad site. A public hearing was first scheduled for the October 22, 2024 City Council meeting, then rescheduled; by late November 2024 it was listed for the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting, where detailed presentations were made covering traffic, parking, drive-through design, wayfinding signage, and a 2015 cross-access easement among the Taco Bell parcel, the Patient First site, and the larger shopping center. As of May 2025, a transcript reference indicates the project had been approved, and by March 2026 it is referenced as an anticipated future tenant of the strip mall on the boulevard, suggesting construction had not yet been completed as of that date.

Open questions & options on the table

• Whether construction of the Taco Bell at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard has been completed or is still ongoing (as of March 2026 references, it is described as 'going to be' rather than open).
• Final determination and implementation of wayfinding signage placement, to be worked out with transportation staff.
• Implementation details of the enhanced 24-camera monitoring system committed to as a development condition to manage drive-through stacking.

Discussion time

Minutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting.