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Nags Head denies text amendment for ‘restaurant waiting facility’ after commissioners warn it could create a bar loophole
Summary
The board voted to deny a proposal to add a standalone, detached "restaurant waiting facility" accessory use to the UDO after split testimony and lengthy commissioner debate about whether the change would let restaurants circumvent existing limits and effectively create standalone bar uses.
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners voted to deny a proposed UDO text amendment on May 6 that would have created a new accessory category called a "restaurant waiting facility," which an applicant said was intended to address parking and waiting problems at a busy downtown restaurant.
Planning Director Kelly Wyatt explained that the proposal — submitted on behalf of Blue Moon Beach Grill — would allow a detached, enclosed accessory waiting facility on a qualifying site via a special-use-permit and unified…
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