From
Chris Hartmann
Title
AV190601 - Alcohol Variance - Fuzzy's Taco Shop (City Council District 2). Variance to the proximity requirement for the sale of alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of a public school to allow a restaurant to sell alcoholic beverages. Lot 1, Block A, Epic West Towne Crossing Phase 1, Dallas County, City of Grand Prairie, Texas, zoned PD-364, within the SH 161 Overlay District, and addressed as 3144 South State Highway 161 Suite 340. The applicant is GP Taco dba Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, Owned by Eddie White.
Presenter
David P. Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
SUMMARY:
Consideration of a request granting a variance to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages on Lot 1, Block A, Epic West Towne Crossing Phase 1, located at 3144 South State Highway 161, Suite 340, zoned “PD-364” Planned Development 364 District for on-premise consumption within three-hundred (300) feet of Moore Elementary School, a public education institution located in Council District 2. The applicant is GP Taco dba Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, Owned by Eddie White. Moore Elementary School was contacted, and did not respond.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Title 4, Chapter 109, Subchapter B, §109.33(e) authorizes municipalities to establish a variance process if it is determined that the enforcement of the regulation in a particular instance is not in the best interest of the public, constitutes waste or inefficient use of land or other resources, creates an undue hardship on an applicant for a license or permit, does not serve its intended purpose, is not effective or necessary, or for any other reason the city council, after consideration of the health, safety, and welfare of the public and the equities of the situation, determines is in the best interest of the community.
The applicant is seeking their first alcohol permit for the Fuzzy’s Taco that will be located in the Epic West Town Crossing shopping center. Alcohol has not previously been sold at th...
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