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December 1981 PLANNING REPORT CASE NUMBER: 1350-81 APPLICANT: of Mexico. Inc, LCOATI o : Southeast corner of Lexington and Roma (see sketch) ACTION REQUESTED: Approval o' f Special Use Permit to Allow Patron Lancing PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: l ; On 11 February 1980 in response to of Mexico's request, the Council and Planning Commission approved a Special Use Permit for live entertainment at the of r Mexico Restaurant, This request specified that no patron dancing would be permitted, The permit was then issued for live entertainment, explicitly excluding patron dancing , 2, The 01' Mexico people at this time propose to add a 150 square foot dance floor in front of the existing bandstand located at the northwest corner of the building. Attached is a drawing showing that portion of the restaurant and the proposed location of the dance floor', The reason that dancing and live entertainment are listed as a Special Use Permit in the E -2 District is that traditionally in the past, particularly, the addition of these functions was the principal, delineation between a restaurant and a night club. It was therefore felt appropriate to list these functions as Special Use Permits so that each proposal could be reviewed on its merits taking into account the nature of the operation, its location, its scale, etc. you will noted that the proposed dance floor is relatively small in scale compared to the overall size of the 10unge and restaurant* The space taken up by the dance floor, of course, occupies area that would be otherwise occupied by seated patrons, and in this sense, perhaps the actual capacity of the lounge and restaurant is reduced by adding the dance floor. 3. As you know, the principal problem we have had with the of ' Mexico has been its phenominal success producing the need for parking capacity greater than that allowed on the site on th d east side of Lexington Avenue. For this reason, about two years ago the of Mexico people got a permit to establish an additional parking lot on the west side of Lexington. Though the parking of cars is not normally a permitted principal use on a'separate lot, the permit was granted in this case because it is accessory to the use on the east side (the site of the restaurant itself), It would appear from recent experience that the addition of this parking capacity has substantially solved the parking problem in the area.