A 27-year-old ban on new drive-thru restaurants in Carlsbad has been lifted by the City Council’s agreement to consider applications on a case-by-case basis. The council voted 3-2 Tuesday ...

The reason for the lack of a drive-thru at the new Chick-fil-A dates back nearly three decades. In the 1990s, Carlsbad enacted a moratorium on new drive-thru businesses. “It was put in place ...

For nearly 30 years Carlsbad has had a moratorium on drive-thru restaurants ... That's because the city banned new ones from opening on Jan. 6, 1998, shortly after Legoland was approved.

Workers on their lunchbreak like Daniel Benvenutti dines in at Chick-fil-A in Carlsbad because a drive-thru isn’t an option ... but not for new eateries," Schanzenbach said.

In 1998, Carlsbad passed a ban on drive-thru restaurants. Existing ones could remain, but new ones were not allowed. Recently, the City Council voted 3-2 for a policy to allow more drive-thrus.

CARLSBAD, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — If you’re hungry and in a rush, a drive-thru is often the quickest option. But in the city of Carlsbad, those options are limited because of a longstanding ...