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Comments:
I want to encourage businesses to continue to come and settle in Del
Ray while respecting the Mayberry brand of the neighborhood, so I would
like to amend the SUP with the following considerations. I have heard
through unverified neighborhood gossip and the usual grapevine that Mike
(the applicant) is open to some of these, but of course, he can speak for
himself. I would like to see him codify them in a written amendment to the
SUP, however. I do trust new business owners, but would like to verify
against written SUPS.
First, that the hours notch back from 2 AM to 11
PM on weekdays and 12 PM on weekend nights. I would like to see the
restaurant close in keeping with other restaurants on Mount Vernon Ave.
Mike has Completed the SUP to be open until 2 AM seven nights a week in a
commercially low zoned area subject to the Mount Vernon Overlay.
Restaurants in this area are not open past 1 lpm during the week and 12am on
weekends. This is the neighborhood I moved into and would like to
keep.
Second, that the hours of outdoor seating be clearly prescribed in
the SUP. As I read it now, there are no prescribed hours in the SUP for
outdoor seating. I would like to see the outdoor seating end (no one left
outside) at 10 PM.
Third, that the SUP be amended to address the special
cooking odors that come from a BBQ restaurant. The SUP says only that there
will be typical restaurant cooking odors. But BBQ smoking is not a typical
restaurant odor and the smoke is also not typical. I'm not sure Mike has
thought through that phrase and I would like him to do so.
Fourth. that
noise levels be properly defined. Again, this is a matter of phrasing, and
perhaps some carelessness at completing the SUP. I don't think you can
define an establishment that is open until 2 AM serving alcohol until then
as a "Family Restaurant" and therefore don't think that you can
define the noise levels coming from that establishment as "Typical
family style restaurant levels" (Mike's words). Either he moves his