CC MEETING: November 5, 2024
DATE: October 28, 2024
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Loren Shapiro, AICP, Planning Manager
Shannon Hicks, Assistant City Manager
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Hold A Public Hearing To Consider An Ordinance To Establish A Special Use Permit For A Smoking Lounge (Hookah Lounge) In An Approximately 3,370 Square Foot Lease Space Zoned PD-05 For The (LR-2) Local Retail District And Located At 2640 Old Denton Road, Suites 132 And 140; Amending The Official Zoning Map Accordingly. Case No. PLSUP 2024-115 Hookah Lounge Extension.
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BACKGROUND:
This is a request for approval of a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow a smoking lounge (hookah lounge) at 2640 Old Denton Road, Suites 132 and 140 (adjoining suites).
A Certificate of Occupancy was issued in 2017 for Suite 140 allowing a tobacco store, which also allowed a hookah lounge under the definition of tobacco stores before the zoning regulations changed in 2022 requiring a SUP for smoking lounges (includes hookahs).
A Certificate of Occupancy was issued in 2022 for Suite 132 allowing a full-service restaurant and prohibiting a smoking and hookah lounge.
A public comment card was received.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION/ACTION DESIRED:
On September 5, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended DENIAL of the request. The applicant submitted a written request to appeal the Commission’s decision and requested the case be scheduled for the November 5, 2024, City Council meeting. A three-fourth (3/4) affirmative vote by all members of the City Council is required to overrule the Commission’s recommendation of denial.
Staff is recommending denial of the SUP request; however, should the City Council approve the SUP, the attached ordinance provides staff’s recommended stipulations for Council’s consideration.