Mac
Gold Member
A successful small brewery wants to relocate and expand into a brewpub, serving food and their own onsite brewed beers. Local zoning doesn't allow the combination on the property they have selected, calling the brewing operation a "light industrial" use and the food service... well, food service. The two are incompatible in hte law.
Just about everywhere there are similar establishments, of all types & sizes. The growth & popularity of locally owned & operated nano- and micro breweries is a well known - and welcome - phenom. There are lots of examples.
I think we have a couple of ways to proceed here. One is obvious, amend the Zoning to allow this new use. But that takes time, a public hearing, etc. Another is a simple variance application, which is quicker but if NOT approved, affects the future use of that property because the decision stays with the property.
Anybody experience something similar?
Just about everywhere there are similar establishments, of all types & sizes. The growth & popularity of locally owned & operated nano- and micro breweries is a well known - and welcome - phenom. There are lots of examples.
I think we have a couple of ways to proceed here. One is obvious, amend the Zoning to allow this new use. But that takes time, a public hearing, etc. Another is a simple variance application, which is quicker but if NOT approved, affects the future use of that property because the decision stays with the property.
Anybody experience something similar?