NW 15 and Broadway: Delayed
The Planning Commission was asked for, and it granted a delay until Feb. 23 on consideration of a request for an ABC 2 zoning for the former car dealership at NW 15 and Broadway. To date, despite requests for interviews from the operators of this proposed restaurant/club, I’ve heard nothing other than the comments posted on this site.
There is a fundamental understanding, I suspect, with the operators. If the comments left on this site are any indication, they think by my posting advance notice on this zoning application I am “stirring things up.” Well, here’s the deal: the neighbors are SUPPOSED to know about this project before there is a vote on a change in zoning. They’re supposed to get the right to ASK QUESTIONS, GET THEM ANSWERED, and … get this … VOICE THEIR DISAPPROVAL AND ASK FOR DENIAL OF A ZONING CHANGE if they see it as a threat to their neighborhood.
A developer can take two approaches to such questions; they can meet with residents and answer their questions (not that they’re guaranteed to like such answers) and provide a look at their project though someone like me, or, they can get upset and say efforts to inform the neighborhood about a big restaurant and club opening up next door is “stirring things up.”
I’ve noticed work is already going on inside this building. Maybe they’re assuming approval of their zoning is a slam dunk
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This discussion reminds me of the club along south I-35 that started the process for a dinner resturant and would only reveal just enough to get approval for what they were doing at the moment…. such as dirt work . In the mean time a Church has leased one of the surrounding building and has established a base for the church….Now the club has come back and revealed that it wants to proceed with construction of an adult club…. too late the church now established and all the zoneing relating to being so close to a church or school kicks in so that location is no longer a viable location for “adult”
[...] the neighbors, identify themselves and detail their business plan. Next step: Exhale folks plan to apply for alcohol and beverage zoning at the Planning Commission on Feb. 23.. Ledbetter continues to insist this will be a restaurant, and not a nightclub. This story has not [...]
Agreed Steve. The owners are the ones behind the eight ball here. It is incumbent upon them to be truthful and forthcoming. I have seen many projects, as have you that at first the surrounding neighbors were totally against but were won over by the developer being honest and making some changes/alterations to the plans.
As it stands now the developers deserve to be denied and forced to come clean so to speak. It is like the old Fram filter commercial, pay me know or PAY me later.