CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Commons shopping center is getting a new Starbucks with a drive-thru, but others in the building are concerned about how they'll safely get deliveries.

The board of supervisors approved a conditional use application for a new Starbucks location at 1713 Route 228 at its Thursday meeting. The new location will include a drive-thru in what is currently a back alleyway used for deliveries to the stores in that building.

There is currently a Starbucks on the northwest corner of the building. The new location is a vacant store at the southeastern corner of the building and will include indoor and outdoor seating.

The new drive-thru will include two lanes: one that goes to the window at Starbucks and a second, pass-through lane.

Harry Schmiedel, owner of Hobby Express, first brought up concerns about the drive-thru at the public hearing for the conditional use application at the supervisors' Nov. 16 meeting. The public hearing was continued to Thursday's meeting.

“I'm not opposed to it, but I want to make sure we still have access we need for deliveries and pickups,” Schmiedel said in November.

Hobby Express is the largest tenant in the building and often receives deliveries from tractor-trailers and box trucks at the rear of the building, where the new drive-thru will come through, Schmiedel said.

Greg Quatchak, of Civil & Environmental Consultants, said a WB-40, a tractor trailer with a 40-foot trailer, is the largest tractor trailer that will fit in the alley, but may take up some space in the drive-thru lane. Quatchak spoke at Thursday's meeting on behalf of Kimco Realty, the company that owns Cranberry Commons.

A smaller box truck can fit in the indentation at the back of the building and not obstruct the drive-thru lane, he said.

Schmeidel said he sometimes has tractor trailers that deliver to his store, and he was concerned about potential conflicts with deliveries coming in and blocking the drive-thru lane.

“I would hope that you could work with Kimco on when deliveries are made,” Quatchak said to Schmiedel.

While the board of supervisors approved the conditional use, they weren't all pleased with the situation. Richard Hadley, chairman of the board, said there's nothing in the ordinance that allows them to stop it.

“I find it frustrating, and maybe staff does too, but it just doesn't seem to fit right,” Hadley said. “Maybe it'll work ... I can just see people being upset whether it's delivery drivers or people trying to buy coffee.”