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Snap Taco owner seeks street-edge patio; planning board presses for safer separation and clearer adjacent context

Birmingham Planning Board · March 12, 2026
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At a planning-board pre-application review, Snap Taco owner Michael Lico described a proposed outdoor patio that preserves a 5-foot pedestrian path and about a dozen seats; board members urged more rigid barriers, clearer adjacent-property context and refined dimensions before formal application.

Michael Lico, owner of Snap Taco, asked the Birmingham Planning Board for feedback on a proposed outdoor dining area he said is critical to the restaurant’s bistro application and future liquor-license request.

Lico told the board the business opened in December and that the current patio concept avoids a platform in the street (which the city commission rejected) and preserves a clear pedestrian path. “We removed the barriers on the sidewalk side so that way it allows for…

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