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An ordinance amending Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, to remove the "bar or night club" use from being permitted within the shopping center zoning districts (Proposal No. 2026Z-003TX-001).
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Section 17.08.030 of the Metropolitan Code, the district land use tables, is hereby amended by removing "bar or night club" as a commercial use permitted with conditions (PC) in the SCN zoning districts and by removing "bar or night club" as a commercial use permitted (P) in the SCC and SCR zoning districts.
Section 2. The Metropolitan Clerk is directed to publish a notice announcing such change in a newspaper of general circulation within five days following final passage.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication of the above said notice, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
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Analysis
This ordinance amends Chapter 17.08 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to prohibit the 'bar or nightclub' use within the shopping center zoning districts (SCN, SCC, and SCR). The 'bar or nightclub' use is defined as: "any establishment primarily in the business of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption and possessing the appropriate licenses for such." Currently, the 'bar or nightclub' use is permitted with conditions in the SCN zoning district and permitted by right in the SCC and SCR zoning districts. The only condition on the 'bar or nightclub' use in the SCN zoning district is a limit on the square footage of a bar or nightclub establishment to 2,500 sq. ft. and a restriction of only one bar or nightclub establishment per lot.
The ordinance proposes to amend the district land use table in the Metropolitan Code to remove the 'bar or nightclub' use from being permitted in the SCN, SCC, or SCR zoning districts and their -NS variant districts. Any bar or n...
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