No matter where you place them, Chick-fil-As are busy and rake in the dough. Financial disclosures from 2021 show that its locations on average make over $7 million per year. All one has to do is look at the lines their locations typically have around them. But all those customers and long drive-thru lines are a bit of a problem for one California city. The L.A. Times reports that Santa Barbara is ready to declare one Chick-fil-A location a public nuisance thanks to its drive-thru traffic.
Chick-fil-A opened its location in Santa Barbara in 2013. Since then, the drive-thru lines have gotten longer, and residents and business owners say traffic is blocking everything from business entrances to bike lanes. Per the Times:
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