After months of public debate and multiple votes against the proposal, the San Bernardino City Council reversed course Aug. 5 and approved plans for the city’s ninth McDonald’s, clearing the way for a new drive-thru at Baseline Street and Sierra Way.
The council voted 5-1 to approve Appeal 26-09 and overturn an earlier Planning Commission denial. Ward 2 Councilmember Sandra Ibarra cast the lone dissenting vote.
The decision allows six parcels at 116 W. Baseline Street to be consolidated into a roughly 0.74-acre site for a 3,684-square-foot McDonald’s. The property, at the northwest corner of Baseline Street and Sierra Way, sits within the city’s Commercial General and Transit Overlay District zones…