San Jose has removed a “poison pill” condition from the permit of a controversial Chick-fil-A proposal at the corner of Race and West San Carlos Streets, paving the way for the development to be built and much to the chagrin of housing advocates who oppose the project.

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While the popular franchise received approval to move forward with a one-story, 5,139-square-foot restaurant, the hearing officer had denied its request to demolish an existing building and on the 1.1-acre lot, an act that property owner Rosemary Zotta equated to throwing “a hand grenade into a well-designed, well-intentioned and completely compliant project” allowed under the city’s zoning code. But San Jose’s latest action allows the building to be demolished.

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