Shady Grove Saved From Zombie Noise Ordinance

It looks like Unplugged at the Grove may be saved from the Zombie Noise Ordinance by ~~Mike Martinez's boomstick~~ an emergency amendment. The plan is that the amendment will keep the Zombie Noise Ordinance at bay until Shady Grove can get their Outdoor Music Permit renewed and get rezoned as a cocktail lounge.

Just to be safe, if you go see Band of Heathens on Thursday night, you should cut off your demonic hand and replace it with a chainsaw. The amendment is item number 82 on the agenda. Will City Council pass the amendment in time to save Band of Heathens from the Zombie Noise Ordinance? Stay tuned to find out...

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By Shawn Shillington in News on June 16, 2009 1:05 PM 0 Comments

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gary etie - austin city permit

mdahmus - The correct term is a "Certificate of Occupancy", and a C of O, or CO, is issued for a specific Use, at a specific location. In this case, the Use is Restaurant, and would have to be changed to Cocktail Lounge, through, as you point out, the Planning Commission, as well as all of the other requirements (and there are many) for tying a City of Austin CO, to a State TABC License. For further background information, on this and other aspects of Music, and Permits, in Austin, go to:

AustinCityPermits.com/blog

tucluc

Much thanks to the Dudley and Bob show on KLBJ-FM for having Mike Martinez on their show and making a ton of noise about this.

mdahmus

Oh, also, they have to go through the ANC gauntlet to get the certificate of use changed (have to go before the Planning Commission). This is not a simple "ask for it and ye shall receive", in other words.

mdahmus

Still left undetermined is any possible unintended consequence of getting your certificate of use changed to "cocktail lounge". Seeing as how Jeff Jack's crowd were pushing so hard to call these restaurants "night clubs" a decade ago on ANCTALK, I have the feeling that there's something there that people aren't seeing yet.