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BZA denies Social Kitchen & Bar enclosure, rejects extra outdoor seats
Summary
The board denied requests to rebuild an outdoor enclosure and to keep more than 65 outdoor bistro seats at Social Kitchen & Bar (225 E. Maple). The board found insufficient unique property hardship to allow an enclosed year‑round structure.
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request from Social Kitchen & Bar to rebuild a preexisting nonconforming enclosed outdoor dining structure and to retain more than the ordinance cap on outdoor bistro seating.
Planning staff and the applicant described the existing patio as a preexisting legal nonconforming outdoor dining facility that the applicant proposes to replace with a new enclosure system. Planning Director Nate Dupuis told the board the applicant’s proposed new enclosure would add roughly 723 square feet of wall…
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