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Restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district

Allows restaurants in the Public Lands District on lots of at least 20,000 square feet and 75 feet wide. Adopted as Ordinance 49 on Sept. 7, 2021, 6-0.

Approved

Type
Code change
Location
Public Lands zoning district citywide
  1. Sep 7, 2021City Council: Permitting restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district
  2. Aug 17, 2021City Council: Consent agenda: hearing dates and appointments
  3. Aug 17, 2021City Council work session: Permitting restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district

In brief

Restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district appears on 3 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of August 17, 2021 to the City Council meeting of September 7, 2021.

On record, it was approved once.

The most recent decision was approved (6-0) at the City Council meeting of September 7, 2021.

A motion at the City Council meeting of August 17, 2021 set a hearing date; it did not decide the application.

Follow the money and project delivery

Restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved: Permitting restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district · Approved minutes Record → · Sept. 7, 2021

  2. Money in the record

    No itemized amount linked in the records collected.

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. September 7, 2021 · City Council

    Permitting restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district

    Approved · 6-0

    With no public comment, the Council adopted Ordinance 49 of 2021 allowing restaurant uses in the Public Lands District, subject to the same 20,000 square foot minimum lot area and 75 foot minimum width as other uses there.

    • Petition: PLNPCM2020-00503

    Moved by Council Member Mano, seconded by Council Member Wharton. Vote: 6-0; Council Member Amy Fowler absent

  2. August 17, 2021 · City Council

    Consent agenda: hearing dates and appointments

    Approved · 7-0

    The Council set Sept. 7 hearings on the fence height amendment, the Nielsen Estates rezone and the Public Lands restaurant amendment, an Aug. 24 hearing on the Pastor France Davis Way honorary name and a Sept. 21 hearing on the library bonds, and approved Scott Lyttle (Business Advisory Board), Mike Pazzi (Housing Authority), and reappointed Jeff Worthington and Brandon Dew to the Citizens' Compensation Advisory Committee.

    Moved by Council Member Rogers, seconded by Council Member Wharton. Vote: 7-0

  3. August 17, 2021 · City Council work session

    Permitting restaurants in the Public Lands zoning district

    Discussed

    Amanda Roman said the proposal responds to business conversations during the pandemic and would allow restaurants on Public Lands lots of at least 20,000 square feet and 75 feet wide. The Planning Commission recommended approval. Council Members asked about athletic complexes, the City and County Building, Smith's Ballpark and alcohol licenses. All present supported continuing to explore additional uses in open space.