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Nags Head commissioners table proposal to allow “restaurant waiting lounges” after enforcement, fairness concerns
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing, the Nags Head Board of Commissioners voted to table a proposed UDO text amendment that would create a new accessory use, “restaurant waiting lounge,” and scheduled a May 6 public hearing to consider that ordinance and related amendments. Commissioners cited enforcement and fairness concerns.
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners on April 15 heard a public hearing on a proposed Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) change that would create a new accessory use category called a "restaurant waiting lounge," then voted to table the proposal to the board's May 6 meeting and schedule a May 6 public hearing on related ordinance options.
Planning and development director Kelly White told the board the change, requested on behalf of Blue Moon Restaurant by Albemarle & Associates, is intended to provide an indoor, permanent, accessory space where patrons can wait to be seated. White said the use would be allowed only through a special‑use permit and a unified development plan so the board retains case‑by‑case discretion. "This amendment creates a very narrowly defined accessory use, that must be indoor and…
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