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Council passes multiple liquor licenses, plats and rezones in unanimous votes
Summary
The Omaha City Council approved a series of liquor licenses, preliminary and final plats, and rezonings by unanimous votes during its meeting; several items were postponed from March 18 and were voted today.
The Omaha City Council voted unanimously on a series of routine and substantive land-use and licensing items Tuesday, approving liquor licenses, preliminary and final plats, and multiple rezonings and development agreements.
Highlights of the actions taken (all recorded 7-0 unless noted): Shankar Food Mart (822 N. 40th Street) received a Class D liquor license as amended with two stipulations agreed with the neighborhood association (no single containers of beer 32 ounces or less; no shooters of 375 milliliters or less). Omega Saver (6508 John J. Pershing Drive), Firewater Grill (7007 Grover Street), Sip and Sirens (4302 S. 40th Street) and KTM Bar (9020 Fourth Street) each received the licenses they sought after public hearings and motions to approve.
Planning items approved included a preliminary plat for Jackson Street Addition (item 11); a preliminary plat for a project near Eighth and Douglas tied to a 261-unit building and related parking structures (items 12–15); and a multi-item approval for Kensington Park (items 16–20) that included rezoning from AG to MU and related subdivision agreements. A rezoning at 3960 N. 30th Avenue (item 21) for a duplex development was also approved. Council approved consent-agenda items 23 through 30 and the consent motion covering items 31 through 44, and authorized work to proceed on improvements associated with the Saddle Creek business district (items 39–40), which the council said will focus on sidewalks, bike lanes, decorative lighting and streetscape improvements in portions of north Saddle Creek Road.
Where applicants spoke at the microphone, council members asked about neighborhood engagement and follow-up steps; example presenters included Kul Sasankar (Shankar Food Mart), Tamar Sameve and Jim Carson (Omega Saver), Mario Mandolfo (Firewater Grill), Victor Jimenez (Sip and Sirens), and David Houghton representing KTM Bar. Several development applicants — including Caleb Snyder (Lampard & Earson) and Bill Lukash (Brinshore Development) — answered planning questions on their respective projects.
Most public hearings had no opponents; where concerns were raised they were either addressed by applicant responses or recorded for follow-up. All recorded roll calls for these items show unanimous approval by the seven councilmembers present.
