What: special use permits for bars at 648 Burnet Avenue and 711 South Beech Street, which come to the Council under the city's new zoning rules.
Where it stands: the permits were approved at the October 13 Regular Meeting (see the Regular Meeting page); the study session raised how liquor licensing and zoning approval interact.
Next: councilors asked for a session on how the new zoning districts route bar permits to Council.
Sources
YouTube auto-generated captions of the study session.
Councilors asked whether the bars had liquor licenses; staff said the state license is conditional on location approval and the process can start before zoning approval.
Staff said special use permits for bars are required in some mixed-use districts, while bars in districts that already allow them are approved administratively.