Candela Restaurant Conditional Use

At a glance

What: Conditional use for accessory after-hours entertainment at an existing restaurant in Ward 4, MUOI zone, south of East Evans Avenue near I-225. Applicant: Commerce Serve Hospitality LLC.
Where it stands: Approved 2026-10-14 by the Planning and Zoning Commission with six votes. Commission rulings on conditional uses are normally final unless appealed to council within 10 calendar days or called up.
Conditions: (1) interior sound not audible beyond normal ambient noise levels at the exterior wall of the adjacent hotel to the east (amended from "not audible"); (2) operate per the approved operations plan, with minor changes by administrative amendment; (3) after-hours entertainment stays accessory to the restaurant.

Hours 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., seven days a week; food service through early evening, then dance lessons, social dancing, DJ sets, televised sports and private events.
Operations plan includes video surveillance, alarm system, incident log and noise measures (speakers aimed away from doors, windows and patio).

The previous tenant extended hours and added a dance floor in 2019 without approval, leading to noise complaints and altercations (licensing memo by Trevor Vaughn).
Enforcement of "accessory": licensing monitors through the restaurant liquor license food-sales requirements.
Noise: Commissioner Walls found "not audible" too subjective; Vaughn said the aim is to catch heavy bass the dBA limit misses.
No neighbor or public comments were received.

About 20 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-14 - Planning and Zoning Commission	20

2026-10-14 - Planning and Zoning Commission - Stephen Gaberel presented; no public comment; condition on audible sound amended; approved with six votes (moved by Commissioner Walls, seconded by Commissioner Riley).