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Nags Head adopts rules for wine bars and tap rooms, bars on distilled spirits and outdoor entertainment
Summary
The Board adopted a UDO text amendment creating defined use categories for 'wine bar' and 'tap room' with supplemental regulations — seated patron service, no distilled spirits, indoor-entertainment-only, 11 p.m. closing, and parking tied to restaurant standards.
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners on May 6 adopted a board-initiated amendment to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance creating two new use categories — wine bar and tap room — and placing operational limits on them.
Planning Director Kelly Wyatt, presenting the staff recommendation, said the amendment was written to allow lower-intensity beer and wine–focused establishments while safeguarding the town’s longstanding prohibition on standalone bar…
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