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Board of Adjustment approves Pelican entertainment venue with hours and fencing conditions near childcare
Summary
The Escambia County Board of Adjustment approved a conditional use allowing on-premises alcohol consumption at 1420 West 9 Mile Road (the Pelican) despite the site being about 650 feet from a childcare facility, subject to an 8-foot privacy fence, completion of state alcohol licensing and weekday service-hour limits.
The Escambia County Board of Adjustment on Sept. 17 approved a conditional use for a restaurant-arcade called the Pelican at 1420 West 9 Mile Road that will serve alcohol and include a package sales component, despite the use being within the statutory 1,000-foot separation from a childcare facility.
The decision was 5-0 after the board adopted staff findings and an applicant amendment limiting on-premise alcohol service to 3 p.m. weekdays and 2 p.m. weekends, and requiring an 8-foot wood privacy fence and completion of required state alcohol licensing before operation.
Staff and the applicant told the board that the proposed venue, described by the applicant as a family-friendly restaurant-arcade with a bar and a package-sales area, would be separated from the adjacent childcare facility (Little Prodigies) by a retention pond and buffering. County planner Caleb McCarty said…
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