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Council directs staff to allow Old City Hall buyer to open a restaurant/taproom without immediate brewery operations; staff to set implementation conditions
Summary
Council signaled support for allowing the buyer of the former City Hall building to open a restaurant/taproom before installing brewery/distribution equipment. The buyer has completed substantial structural work but a dispute over brewery tanks has delayed final permits and occupancy. Council asked staff to negotiate terms that permit restaurant/t
Staff asked council for direction about whether the buyer of the former Old City Hall building could open a restaurant/taproom while deferring brewery and distribution operations. The redevelopment agreement and sale included language describing an intent to operate a brewpub and distribution, and staff noted some wording in the buyer’s obligations that can be read as requiring brewery operations. The buyer responded that plumbing and other installation for a brewery are not complete because of a dispute with its equipment supplier and that the owner can finish…
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