Fairhope, Alabama
'SPECIAL EXCEPTION' GRANTED TO CONTINUE
During it's November meeting, the city's Board of Adjustments and Appeals unanimously granted a 'special exception' to zoning regulations for a restaurant at 552 N. Section Street where Ben's Jr Bar-B-que has been operating for many decades: restaurants are only allowed in the B-1 zoning after obtaining a waiver from the board (that never happened for unknown reasons).
Owner Kenneth Lee said he has been operating there since the 1980s and there were other restaurants there before his.
Lee: "As far as I remember it has always been a restaurant."
City planner Wayne Dyess recommended that the exception be granted given the long history of the business there; he stipulated that it would "run with" the property forever.
When asked by a board member if the B-1 zoning preceded the restaurant, Dyess said he could not verify that but it "probably" did; another asked if a bar could locate there if the waiver were granted and was told only as a part of a restaurant.
Unconfirmed reports indicate the restaurant may be for sale.
'SPECIAL EXCEPTION' GRANTED TO CONTINUE
During it's November meeting, the city's Board of Adjustments and Appeals unanimously granted a 'special exception' to zoning regulations for a restaurant at 552 N. Section Street where Ben's Jr Bar-B-que has been operating for many decades: restaurants are only allowed in the B-1 zoning after obtaining a waiver from the board (that never happened for unknown reasons).
Owner Kenneth Lee said he has been operating there since the 1980s and there were other restaurants there before his.
Lee: "As far as I remember it has always been a restaurant."
City planner Wayne Dyess recommended that the exception be granted given the long history of the business there; he stipulated that it would "run with" the property forever.
When asked by a board member if the B-1 zoning preceded the restaurant, Dyess said he could not verify that but it "probably" did; another asked if a bar could locate there if the waiver were granted and was told only as a part of a restaurant.
Unconfirmed reports indicate the restaurant may be for sale.
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| Fairhope Board of Adjustments |
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