Latest letters from Citrus Heights Sentinel readers comment on Vice Mayor Tim Schaefer’s recent proposal of a 5-year moratorium on new drive-thru restaurants in the city. The proposal will be brought up on a future agenda for more discussion.
I go to Roseville for nice restaurants
I agree that Citrus Heights has too many drive-thru restaurants and that we have a big lack of nice restaurants for lunch and dinner. I like to eat healthy food. I’ve lived here 23 years, and if I want to eat at a nice restaurant that provides healthy meals with lots of vegetables, I don’t eat in Citrus Heights. I go to Roseville.
-Donna Sturla, Citrus Heights
Disagree with proposed moratorium
I cannot agree at all with Councilmember Schaefer’s proposal for a moratorium on new drive-thru establishments within our City. With a shortage of workforce to staff their businesses many have relied on drive-thru business to stay in business and provide our City with much needed revenue. I think each individual application needs to be addressed on its own merits. Also the new Burger King and Popeye’s replaced existing drive-thru restaurants.
-Ian Garber, Citrus Heights
Drive-thru’s are great, especially during pandemic
Regarding the proposed moratorium on new drive-thru restaurants, I disagree with the vice mayor. As a 74-year-old woman who lives alone, drive-thru restaurants are more desirable to me than are restaurants where I have to find a safe place to park before I can go into the facility to obtain a meal to take back to my home. And, in this day and age of social distancing, the drive-thru’s offer a place where interactions are limited and the 6-foot rule easy to comply with.
-Meryl James, Citrus Heights
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