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Duat Love proposes Culture Cafe at 1010 N. Murray; commission sympathetic though planning staff warned it conflicts with long-term plan
Summary
Applicant Duat Love asked the commission to rezone 1010 North Murray Street from high‑density residential to neighborhood commercial to open "Culture Cafe" (specialty East African coffee and pastries). City staff and planning division flagged consistency issues with the county comprehensive plan and building-code items but the planning board and a
Duat Love, identified as one of the partners behind the proposed "Culture Cafe," told the commission the group seeks to reopen a long‑vacant 1928 building at 1010 North Murray Street as a small coffee shop serving East African coffees and local pastries. Love said the building had previously housed a grocery and later a beauty salon; the owners proposed a neighborhood cafe with roughly 10 seats and turnover that would limit parked cars.
Staff findings and planning-board recommendation
City planning staff reported the parcel currently sits in an RHD (High Density Residential)…
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