Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Council approves Highland Room conditional use with alcohol limited to 4–10 p.m.; city denies rare quota liquor license
Summary
Rochester Hills City Council voted Monday to approve a conditional-use permit for The Highland Room, a café planned at 1760 East Auburn Road, but limited alcohol sales to 4–10 p.m. daily; a city quota liquor license application was separately recommended for denial by the Liquor License Technical Review Committee.
Rochester Hills City Council voted Monday to approve a conditional-use permit for The Highland Room, a cafe planned for Unit 1 of the Gerald Building on East Auburn Road, while a separate committee recommendation to award a city quota Class C liquor license to the applicant was denied.
Planning staff told council the tenant space totals about 1,260 square feet with seating for roughly 33 and that the proposed operation would function as a cafe during daytime hours and add alcohol service in the afternoons/evenings.…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
