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Ghent group asks Planning Commission to study allowing restaurants to serve alcohol by right until 11 p.m.
Summary
The Ghent Business Association requested the commission initiate a text amendment to allow restaurants in parts of Ghent to sell alcohol by right if they close by 11 p.m. and do not provide entertainment; staff said the initiation would start outreach and research.
The Ghent Business Association asked the Norfolk Planning Commission to initiate a zoning text amendment that would allow restaurants in the 21st Street and Colley Avenue PCO (planned commercial overlay) areas to sell alcoholic beverages by right — without a conditional use permit — provided they close by 11 p.m. and do not host entertainment.
Planning staff said the initiation request applies only to restaurants (no entertainment) in those two corridors and would allow the department to begin public…
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