Introductory paragraph: The Greenville Board of Adjustment met on February 22, 2024, at 6:00 PM in City Hall Council Chambers. The meeting included approval of previous minutes, adoption of a proposed decision and order denying a variance for US Foods Chef Store, an annual review of bars and microbreweries operating under special use permits, and a public hearing for a special use permit for Wildflower Florist to operate a wine and beer store as an accessory use. All votes were unanimous.
Proposed BOA Decision and Order Denying Variance for US Foods Chef Store (BOA File No. 23-17): The board voted to accept the draft decision and order prepared by Attorney Phillips. Motion by Mr. Warrell, seconded by Mrs. Bass. Approved unanimously via voice vote.
Annual Review of Bars and Microbreweries Operating Pursuant to an Approved Special Use Permit: Staff (Mr. Jones) presented a summary report covering 13 establishments (11 bars and 2 microbreweries). Reports from fire inspections, code enforcement, police department, and other agencies were reviewed. Fire inspection violations were corrected; code enforcement had one resolved violation for tall grass. Police department (Major David Anderson) reported incidents for six bars, with Dirty Dan's showing 21 noise complaints (mostly from one nearby resident, with recent soundproofing improvements) and Still Life having higher numbers of violent incidents due to larger crowds. Staff recommended no rehearing for any establishment. Major Anderson noted good relationships with bars and that police encourage bars to call for assistance rather than handle incidents internally. Board members asked about security training (currently a two-hour course) and violence levels. Major Anderson indicated longer training would be beneficial but no request for rehearing. The board voted on a motion by Miss Bass, seconded by Mr. Ruffin, that based on the staff report, a hearing for modification or revocation of a special use permit is not required for any of the bars or microbreweries. Motion passed unanimously via voice vote.
Okay, the meeting will now come to order. Welcome to the February 22nd, 2024 meeting of the City of Greenville Board of Adjustment. Mrs. Clerk, can we have a roll call, please? Christopher Louis. Here. Sharon Evans. Nathan Cowen. Here. Ryan Purdle. Here. Daniel Warrell. Here. Carol Baz. Here. Jermaine McNair. Here. Sterling Ruffin. Here. Noel Dixon. Yeah. We have forum. Okay. Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Chair and members of the board. The voting members for tonight's agenda items are Mr. Lilly, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Purdle, Mr. Worrell, Miss Bass, Mr. McNair, and Mr. Ruffin. Miss Dixon is not a voting member, but is allowed to participate in the discussions and is allowed to ask questions. Now, as for item uh number one, the U.S. Foods uh Chef Store decision, the voting members for that will be Mr. Lilly, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Purdle, Mr. Worrell, Miss Bass, and Mr. McNair, Mr. Ruffin and Miss Dixon are allowed to participate, but not vote. And if you like, I'm gonna go ahead and read, go into the next part. Um, would you like me to approve the can we approve the minutes first? Absolutely. You're the chair, you could do what you need to do. Let's go ahead and get the minutes out of the way. We've got a couple sets of minutes from two previous meetings. Um first one being October 26, 2023. Um, do I have a motion to approve these minutes?