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The applicant requests to operate the restaurants Sun-F 11:30 am to 2 am,
and on Saturday from 7 am to 2 am Sunday morning. It is unclear what hours
of operation would apply to the "city-suggested" outdoor dining
area, but it is assumed that it would be open for the same spans of time.
The applicant qualifies the type of activity 8 noise levels as
"typical family style restaurant levels;" however, the proposed
late hours of operation indicate that noise 8 activity levels could
exceed that of a family-oriented establishment and would definitely
adversely impact the residential neighbors who live in such close proximity
to the property. Furthermore, there is no question that the proposed hours
of operation introduce a use and activity level far more intense than any
currently on the Avenue and in fact more intense than even the Central
Business District 8 restauranubar district in Old Town, most of whose
restaurants 8 bars are open until 2 am on Fridays 8 Saturdays only.
Three different restaurants, all open until 2 am every day of the week.
within one property of residences, most certainly flies in the face of the
Commercial Low Zoning category which so appropriately defines this area:
"Proximity to residences requires that commercial operations be
conducted at a scale and intensity commensurate with nearby residential
development, be developed and designed so as to be in character with such
development and be of such characteristics as not to be detrimental or a
nuisance to nearby residential properties."
As a resident close to
restaurants with outdoor seating, I strongly urge the Council to limit the
hours of operation of these 3 establishments to an 11 pm closing on
weekdays and 1 am closing on Fridays 8 Saturdays, with further reduced
hours associated with any proposed outdoor seating area.
2.) Proposed
outdoor seating: The application is unclear as to how the proposed outdoor
seating area@) would be designed, managed, and utilized. The Zoning
Ordinance seems to require some sort of additional permit or at the very
least a detailed description in the SUP application on how this area would