Carey Chan Application
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement use limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, east of N. Good Latimer Expwy AKA 2610 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Carey Chan Representative: Audra Buckley Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000137
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Obtain site plan and conditions for Elm Street bar permit
Why now: The August 6 City Plan Commission item states only that staff recommends approval "subject to a site plan and staff's recommended conditions" for the alcoholic beverage and inside commercial amusement uses at 2610 Elm Street in Planned Development No. 269, Tract A; the conditions themselves are not in the record.
What to do: Get the full case report and proposed conditions for the 2610 Elm Street Specific Use Permit and confirm in writing whether the permit carries a fixed time period with automatic renewal, and whether the dance hall use is tied to the same site plan as the bar use. If the two uses are conditioned separately, a later change to one may not carry the other, and clients relying on the approval could be operating outside the permit.
Act before: After the recommended conditions and site plan are produced
Copy the approved conditions for Deep Ellum dance hall permits
Applies if: You are pursuing an entertainment or alcohol use in the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District
Why now: The 2610 Elm Street application seeks a Specific Use Permit for both a bar/lounge/tavern and an inside commercial amusement limited to a dance hall in Tract A of Planned Development No. 269, and staff recommended approval subject to a site plan and recommended conditions (Z-26-000137).
What to do: If you are planning an entertainment venue in Planned Development No. 269, pull the conditions staff attached to the 2610 Elm Street application and use them as the drafting template for your own Specific Use Permit filing. Matching staff's own hours, security and site-plan language up front is the cheapest way to avoid a redraft cycle, since a bar and a dance hall each need separate permitted-use findings here.
Act before: After the August 6 City Plan Commission hearing on this application
Ask who operates the proposed Elm Street bar and dance hall
Why now: The August 6 City Plan Commission agenda for Z-26-000137 lists applicant Carey Chan, representative Audra Buckley, planner Justin Lee and Council District 2, but does not identify the operating entity or disclose the staff-recommended conditions.
What to do: The record names applicant Carey Chan and representative Audra Buckley but no business entity or operator for 2610 Elm Street. Ask planner Justin Lee for the application file, any prior Specific Use Permit history at that address, and the recommended conditions, then check whether the conditions differ from those imposed on other Deep Ellum bar permits handled by the same representative.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check hours and dance hall limits at 2610 Elm
Why now: The August 6 City Plan Commission item for 2610 Elm Street seeks both a bar/lounge/tavern alcohol permit and an inside commercial amusement (dance hall) use, with staff recommending approval subject to a site plan and unpublished recommended conditions; planner is Justin Lee.
What to do: Request the staff-recommended conditions and site plan for the 2610 Elm Street application from planner Justin Lee before the August 6 hearing — these documents, not the agenda item, set closing hours, occupancy, security staffing and where amplified dance-hall sound can occur. If the commission adopts them unchanged, those limits become the enforceable baseline for the block and are far harder to tighten later.
Act before: After the August 6 City Plan Commission hearing on this application
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement use limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, east of N. Good Latimer Expwy AKA 2610 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Carey Chan Representative: Audra Buckley Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000137