Liquor Overlay and Permit Modification, Bryan Area

Context: The February 5, 2026 item was described solely as removal of the D Liquor Control Overlay, while the March 5, 2026 item added a D-1 overlay and a new Specific Use Permit, and staff's recommendation stayed limited to the removal only (Z-25-000117).

Recommended: Obtain the February 5 and March 5 City Plan Commission notices, staff reports, and the April 8 City Council ordinance file, and determine whether the added D-1 Liquor Control Overlay and new alcohol Specific Use Permit were separately noticed — the February application on record covered only removal of the existing D Liquor Control Overlay. If the scope expanded without fresh notice, that question is far harder to raise once the ordinances are engrossed and operating.

Context: The City Plan Commission recommended the new alcohol Specific Use Permit for a two-year period subject to a site plan and conditions, forwarded to the April 8, 2026 council hearing (Z-25-000117).

Recommended: Pull the adopted ordinance and the Plan Commission-approved site plan and conditions to fix the exact start date of the two-year Specific Use Permit term and the operating limits it imposes, then calendar a renewal filing well ahead of expiration. A two-year term is short for financing or a long-term tenant lease, and renewal requires going back through the same commission and council path.

Context: February 5 and March 5, 2026 filings list different applicant names and entity spellings for Z-25-000117, both carried 14-0, and the matter remains active with no recorded outcome after the April 8, 2026 council public hearing.

Recommended: Ask planner Michael V. Pepe and the applicant's firm why the applicant of record shifted from San Luis Foods, LLC (Leticia Espinoza) in February to San Luis Food, LLC (Marcus Schwartz) in March — with Schwartz also listed as the applicant's representative at BrackinSchwartz, PLLC — and request the April 8 City Council result, which the file still does not show. The record leaves both the ownership question and the final council outcome unresolved.

Context: The City Plan Commission voted 14-0 on March 5, 2026 to recommend a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay and a two-year alcohol Specific Use Permit subject to a site plan and conditions, with planner Michael V. Pepe assigned in Council District 2.

Recommended: Request the site plan and the list of conditions attached to the alcohol sales permit for the Swiss Avenue property northeast of North Haskell Avenue from planner Michael V. Pepe, and check what they say about hours, outdoor areas, and parking. Because the permit was recommended for only two years, expiration is the realistic next opening for neighbors to object to how the business operates.