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Liquor hours extended for eatery
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Original Joe’s will be serving liquor longer, but under some self-imposed guidelines. The restaurant and bar, located on Domano Boulevard, had a public hearing at the council meeting Monday night, seeking to change its hours of liquor service from 11 a.m. to midnight seven days a week to 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. seven days a week. There was one letter of opposition for council to consider, from local resident Brian Brownridge. “The addition of this restaurant/bar has increased the vehicle traffic as well as the noise level considerably in the neighbour-
hood,” he wrote. “We certainly don’t need to add to that problem by extending the operating hours on the weekend for the bar.” Brownridge also noted other problems at the location, including parking and debris still unremoved from construction. In making a presentation to the meeting, Jennifer Sauve mentioned several of the same points. She told council of concerns over the noise level late at night as well as traffic worries with vehicles exiting onto Domano Boulevard. She, like Brownridge, also mentioned the debris left over from construction, as well as the garbage bin at the side of the building being unscreened. In response to a question from Coun. Brian Skakun, Sauve said the noise level during the evening was usually not a problem.
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“It’s just at closing time we get the squealing tires and loud voices.” Original Joe’s manager Rick Devore attended the hearing and spoke to some of the concerns raised. He said a screen had been installed on the garbage bin about a month ago. The screen was not in the original plans, but concerns raised by residents prompted the restaurant to have it installed. As for the debris in the area, Devore said, it wasn’t on their property. “There is no debris on our property. Our landscaping is complete, and our staff and the mall crew sweep the parking lot daily.” Coun. Dave Wilbur asked Devore if the extended hours would also apply to the outdoor patio at the restaurant. Devore said they had already discussed that, and
had decided to keep the patio closed during the extended hours. “Also,” he said, “even though the application is for the extended hours all week, we will only be extending them on Friday and Saturday.” Coun. Garth Frissell asked acting planning and development services director Ian Wells about the debris which had been mentioned by several people. “It’s not on city-owned property,” Wells said, “which some people seem to think it is.” In response to another question from Frissell, Wells said a traffic-volume study was done when the shopping centre was redeveloped, and staff found no reason for concerns over the volumes which were anticipated. The application for the extended hours was approved.
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