Chick-fil-A is coming to Stillwater.

Chick-fil-A officials plan next fall to open a 5,218-square-foot restaurant with a drive-thru facility in the parking lot of the former Herberger’s department store building.

The site, 2001 Washington Ave., is located near the intersection of Washington Avenue and the Minnesota 36 frontage road, south of Harbor Freight Tools and east of Caribou Coffee.

The Stillwater City Council signed off on the plans last week.

City officials approved a conditional-use permit to allow a restaurant with a drive-thru, as well as a variance to accommodate drive-thru canopies that encroach into the required 20-foot setback, said Jason Zimmerman, the city’s community development director.

The proposed restaurant is located within the city’s business park commercial z

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