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TOWN OF PALM BEACH
Town Council Meeting Development Review on: January 15, 2020

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Development Review - Old Business

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Z-19-00176 SPECIAL EXCEPTION WITH SITE PLAN REVIEW  Zoning District:  C-TS  Town-Serving Commercial  The application of La Goulue Palm Beach, LLC (Craig Pogson, Its Manager), Applicant, relative to property located at 288 S COUNTY RD, legal description on file, is described below.  This application requests Special Exception approval to authorize a proposed restaurant, which exceeds 3,000 square feet of gross leasable area at the space currently occupied by Chez L'Epicier. The most recent restaurant approval for this location took place in October, 2014, and was modified in 2016. That restaurant, Chez L'Epicier, was approved for 4,454 square feet and 138 seats, and included valet parking. Approved hours of operation were: Dinner Wednesday through Sunday, 3:00 pm to midnight; Brunch and dinner Saturday and Sunday 10:30 am to midnight; Occasional special events weekdays or Monday and Tuesday night, not past midnight. In 2016, the hours of operation were modified to add dinner on Monday and Tuesday.   This restaurant, La Goulue, requests the same square footage (4,454), number of seats (138), valet operation, and hours of operation as past approvals except that the request includes modifying the Declaration of Use Agreement to allow lunch on weekdays. A special exception is also requested for 12 outdoor seats, to be located on the north side of the building. The applicant also requests site plan modification to modify the awnings and restore the main restaurant entrance to its historic location on the northeast façade of the building. [Applicant's Representative: James M. Crowley, Esq]   Reconsideration of the condition of approval related to hours of operation.



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ATTACHMENTS:
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Memorandum from Josh Martin dated December 30, 2019
Letter from James Crowley dated November 22, 2019