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Zoning board approves Little Greek Market beer and wine sales on South Dixie Highway
Summary
The West Palm Beach Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to grant a Class B special use permit allowing Little Greek Market at 3238 South Dixie Highway to sell beer and wine for off-premises consumption, subject to staff conditions limiting the liquor sales to incidental, on-site use and barring expansion without further approval.
The West Palm Beach Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 Thursday to grant a Class B special use permit allowing the Little Greek Market, at 3238 South Dixie Highway, to sell beer and wine for off-premises consumption.
The vote was based on testimony presented at the April 3 meeting and a staff report recommending approval subject to conditions limiting alcohol sales to those incidental to the market’s primary specialty-food business and confined to the subject building. The board’s approval requires four affirmative votes for special-use permits; five members voted in favor.
Adrienne Noto, an attorney with Greenspoon Marder LLP representing Little Greek Market LLC, told the board the market will be a neighborhood specialty food store that will include beer and wine sales. Noto said the applicant agreed to staff’s proposed conditions and noted planned hours of operation of 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Senior Planner Luis Isadinis told the board that staff found the application complied with the City of West Palm Beach zoning and land development regulations and recommended approval. "The applicant made a very adequate presentation," Isadinis said.
Board members asked few questions during the hearing. Jonathan Burgess, who moved approval, said the incidental nature of the alcohol sales and the site’s layout made traffic effects minimal; "it's not going to really generate anything more than de minimis traffic impact," he said. The motion to approve noted that the application and staff report constitute competent and substantial evidence and specifically referenced sections of the city zoning regulations cited in the staff report. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously, 5-0.
Conditions recorded in the staff report and accepted by the applicant include that alcohol sales be incidental to the specialty-food use, limited to the area within the building at 3238 South Dixie Highway, and that any expansion of that use requires a new application and approval modifying the Class B special use permit. The staff report is dated 03/21/2025.
The board closed the hearing with no public comment entered into the record and noted no on-site expansion is permitted without subsequent city approval.
