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Club Vivo Bar and Dance Hall Permit at Pacific Avenue

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An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2576 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and commercial amusement (inside) limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Planned Development District No. 619 with H/48 Harwood Historic District Overlay, on the southwest corner of N. Harwood Street and Pacific Avenue, [AKA 1930 Pacific Avenue]. Staff Recommendation: Approval for a ten-year period, subject to amended conditions. Representative: Deborah Kelley-Hill / Club Vivo U/A From: July 23, 2026. Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-26-000118

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Club Vivo seeks to amend its Specific Use Permit, a special zoning approval, for a bar, lounge, or tavern and an indoor dance hall at 1930 Pacific Avenue, at the southwest corner of N. Harwood Street and Pacific Avenue. City staff recommend a ten-year permit with amended conditions. The property is in the Harwood Historic District Overlay.
3 eventsFirst seen Jul 23, 2026Last activity Sep 3, 2026Case ID: Z-26-000118
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Attorney

Get amended conditions for the Pacific Avenue dance hall permit

Applies if: Reader represents the applicant, an adjacent owner, or a party in the historic overlay district

Why now: Staff recommended approval for a ten-year period subject to amended conditions, the September 3 vote was 14-0, and the record verifies no later procedural step, with the notices and speakers page missing from the minutes excerpt.

What to do: Obtain the final amended Specific Use Permit conditions and the page of minutes with notices and speakers that is missing from the record. Confirm whether the ten-year term and the amended conditions apply to the bar and dance hall uses, and whether any further step exists after the commission vote.

Act before: After the next material record update

Source: City Plan Commission — Sep 03, 2026 →
Journalist

Ask why Pacific Avenue bar permit was delayed twice

Applies if: Reader is covering the Harwood Historic District or Council District 14 nightlife permits

Why now: The item was carried 15-0 on July 23, 13-0 on August 20, and 14-0 on September 3 with staff recommending a ten-year approval subject to amended conditions each time, and the minutes for the September vote note that the notices and speakers sit on a page not in the record.

What to do: Request the staff report and any applicant or neighbor correspondence explaining why the Club Vivo dance hall permit amendment was held over from July 23 to August 20 and then to September 3. Without it, the public cannot tell whether the delays reflected conditions negotiations or opposition.

Act before: After the requested records are produced

Source: City Plan Commission — Sep 03, 2026 →

Timeline

Vote
Carried: 14 to 0

An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2576 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and commercial amusement (inside) limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Planned Development District No. 619 with H/48 Harwood Historic District Overlay, on the southwest corner of N. Harwood Street and Pacific Avenue, AKA 1930 Pacific Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval for a ten-year period, subject to amended conditions. Representative: Deborah Kelley-Hill / Club Vivo U/A From: July 23, 2026 and August 20, 2026. Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-26-000118

Vote: 14 for, 0 against, 1 absent

recommend approval of an amendment to SUP No. 2576 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and commercial amusement (inside) limited to a dance hall, for a two-year period, subject to amended conditions

The vote ends at the bottom of page 10. The notices and speakers are on a later page that is not in this section.

Vote
Carried: 13 to 0

An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2576 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and commercial amusement (inside) limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Planned Development District No. 619 with H/48 Harwood Historic District Overlay, on the southwest corner of N. Harwood Street and Pacific Avenue, [AKA 1930 Pacific Avenue]. Staff Recommendation: Approval for a ten-year period, subject to amended conditions. Representative: Deborah Kelley-Hill / Club Vivo U/A From: July 23, 2026. Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-26-000118

Vote: 13 for, 0 against, 2 absent

hold under advisement until September 3, 2026

Franklin was out of the room but shown voting in favor.

Vote
Carried: 15 to 0

An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2576 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and commercial amusement (inside) limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Planned Development District No. 619 with H/48 Harwood Historic District Overlay, on the southwest corner of N. Harwood Street and Pacific Avenue, AKA 1930 Pacific Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval for a ten-year period, subject to amended conditions. Representative: Deborah Kelley-Hill / Club Vivo Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-26-000118

Vote: 15 for, 0 against

hold under advisement until August 20, 2026

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