The Sandy Springs City Council at its Aug. 19 meeting rejected Whataburger’s request for a drive-through at a proposed location in a Dunwoody Place Shopping Center, leaving its future uncertain.

The Whataburger franchisee planned to tear down the former Wells Fargo bank branch at 8721 Roswell Road that had been closed for more than a year. A new one-story restaurant was proposed to include a drive-through facility, an outdoor patio seating area, and associated landscaping and hardscape amenities.

The Sandy Springs Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a conditional use permit to allow the drive-through. Their recommendation removed a staff suggestion to limit the drive-through hours, instead allowing 24/7 operations.

Council member John Paulson moved to approve the applicat

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