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Community board seeks on‑site ADA bathroom before Atlantico Bineo serves alcohol, asks outdoor closing at 10 p.m.
Summary
Neighbors and Community Board 2 questioned Atlantico Bineo’s plan for a toilet off‑site and pressed the applicant to agree not to serve alcohol until an on‑site, ADA‑compliant bathroom is installed; committee members indicated a consensus to require the change and to limit outdoor hours to 10 p.m.
Manhattan Community Board 2’s State Liquor Authority (SLA) committee pressed Atlantico Bineo, a tavern wine license applicant at 89 Seventh Avenue South, to install an on‑site, ADA‑compliant bathroom before serving alcohol and asked the applicant to limit outdoor seating hours to 10 p.m.
Why it matters: Committee members and many neighbors said the proposal’s existing restroom arrangement — which required patrons to use a bathroom located off the premises in a residential entry and cellar — creates public‑safety and accessibility concerns and could jeopardize compliance with SLA and city licensing rules.
Calum Dilsons, the attorney representing the applicant, told the committee the application had been revised since the prior submission and that the latest plans show an ADA bathroom inside the premises. He said a temporary retail permit had been issued by the SLA and that plans for the bathroom and any…
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