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Lamani granted retroactive approval to maintain COVID-era outdoor pavilion, board conditions parking agreement
Summary
An attorney for Lamani told the board the restaurant had secured a 44-stall parking variance and sought approval to retain an outdoor dining pavilion built without permits; trustees approved maintenance subject to parking/site-plan documentation and with at least one abstention recorded.
Restaurant owners represented by attorney Elliot Gonzales asked the Flower Hill Board of Trustees on Aug. 4 to allow them to maintain an outdoor accessory dining pavilion that was built during the COVID period without prior permits. Gonzales told the board the project had secured a BCA parking variance for 44 stalls on June 17, contingent on site-plan approval and maintenance of a neighbor parking agreement.
Gonzales: "We got our parking variance for 44 parking stalls. Condition was that we get our site plan approval set and that we maintain this parking agreement." Wayne Mueller (R&M Engineering) attended to describe the curb cut and parking arrangements. Trustees pushed back on social-media posts showing use of the pavilion despite earlier assurances that it would not be used year-round; the board repeatedly asked for formal documentation of the parking agreement and for the applicant to file the outstanding permits.
Outcome: The board voted to approve maintenance of the accessory dining pavilion, subject to completion of required documentation and the parking agreement. At least one trustee abstained during the vote; the approval is conditioned on completion of the outstanding site-plan and parking-agreement documents.
Why it matters: The decision regularizes an outdoor dining facility used without permits and ties approval to off-site parking and site-plan compliance, which addresses village concerns about safety and neighborhood traffic flow.
What's next: Staff will request the applicant submit a written parking agreement and final site-plan materials for the village file and for conditions to be met prior to issuance of any formal occupancy or certificate-of-compliance.
