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Planning Commission recommends approval for Poor Decisions bar CUP in Old Town with parking and noise stipulations
Summary
The Scottsdale Planning Commission voted to recommend city council approve a conditional use permit allowing Poor Decisions to operate as a bar in the Fifth Avenue district, subject to recorded remote parking, food-service and other stipulations aimed at addressing neighbors' noise and safety concerns.
Scottsdale Planning Commission members on April 23 recommended that the City Council approve case 9-UP-20-24, a bar conditional use permit for Poor Decisions, a business in the Fifth Avenue district of Old Town. The commission voted unanimously to forward the application with staff-recommended stipulations.
The recommendation matters because the site sits between Craftsman Court and the Fifth Avenue parking garage, close to commercial and some residential uses, and neighbors and commissioners raised concerns about past problems at the location and about noise, policing and parking. The city’s action is advisory; the City Council makes the final decision on the permit.
Planning staff said the existing interior space totals about 2,300 square feet and that the operation includes substantial outdoor patio space (the southern parcel and second-floor patio total roughly 5,300 square feet). Because the proposed change from a restaurant to a bar increases the…
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