GRAND FORKS – Worries over traffic safety and parking regulations led most Grand Forks City Council members on Monday to vote against a possible new 7Brew Coffee drive-through kiosk on South Washington Street.

The kiosk would have been built on part of the parking lot used by Planet Fitness, Sunshine Childcare Center and Fuji Japanese Sushi and Steakhouse. Drive-thru lanes would also have been added, and the project would have eliminated 39 existing parking spaces from the two parcels making up the property.

The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, which met on Nov. 5, recommended the council preliminarily approve rezoning part of the property to allow for the kiosk; however, city staff recommended council members deny the request.

“Overall, we do like the thought of redevelopment as

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