COLUMBIANA — A popular coffee shop on South Main Street is reopening under the original ownership.

Rob and Lisa Schwartz told the city’s planning commission at its recent meeting that they are reopening Generations Coffee at 31 S. Main St., serving coffee and food.

The business is expected to be operational again in February.

The coffeehouse closed in late December after the previous owner decided to go elsewhere, and the Schwartzes stepped up to the plate to make sure it remained open in the city.

Generations opened in the city in 2013 and has earned numerous good reviews from customers posting online.

News of the December closure posted on the company’s Facebook page that month prompted an outpouring of disappointed yet positive comments from fans expressing how much they enjoyed their visits there and hoped to see the business stay open.

The Schwartzes did not need approval from the commission to reopen the business but wanted to keep city officials informed of the plans.

Another business owner also informed the commission of a business change on East Park Avenue.

Roy Thomas said he is now managing the former Rocky’s Gym, now known as My Gym, that is owned by Kelly Pavlik, the former middleweight and super middleweight professional boxing champion.

Pavlik is from Youngstown and retired from boxing in 2013.

Thomas said he plans to install new flooring for aerobics and conditioning, and the gym will also offer spinning classes.

In other business, the commission approved site plan reviews for a new business at 350 S. Main St., and the expansion of the banquet room at the Links at Firestone Farms at 105 Saint Andrews Drive.

Roy Kelly told the commission he plans to have an automobile repair shop at 350 S. Main St.

The business will sell tires, as well as perform oil changes and make small repairs.

The commission approved his site plan with the specification that no more than 10 cars be parked on the exterior of the property at one time and no more than two cars parked in front of the building; that tire storage is to be out of sight, and tires must be hauled away on a monthly basis.

Richard Vernal presented the commission with plans for the expansion of the banquet hall alongside Davis Harris of DPH Architecture.

The plans called for enclosing some of the porch area to use as an inside area, with the enclosed area to feature indoor seating and an additional porch area with a roof.

Mayor and commission member Bryan Blakeman had some concerns about patio noise creating a problem for neighboring homes and asked if it was possible to add shrubbery as a sound buffer.

City Manager Lance Willard said that shrubbery would satisfy sound mitigation requirements according to section 1266.10 of the zoning code.

Harris asked if the commission could approve the enclosure and allow him to return at a later date with revised plans for a sound buffer for the patio.

The commission approved the request, allowing for the expansion of the banquet room for the enclosure but not the porch at this time.

The commission also approved a replat request from Robert Struharik representing Lakefront Preserve for lots 1 and 13 at Old Saybrook to create estate lots.