TWO YEARS AGO, Prospect Group unveiled their plans for a giant, 3,500+ sqf, two-story development in the back of the Walker’s Cafe lot. If these plans are greenlighted as proposed, that would mean the death of Walker’s Cafe.
On Thursday, October 30, Prospect Group’s plans for the site were discussed at a City Planning and Zoning hearing held online (on Zoom).
The Zoning Administrator decided to take the case under review to allow more time for community feedback. We need you to speak up!
Join us to ask the City’s Zoning Administrator to do what’s right and protect this iconic cafe by setting the following crucial conditions:
1. A smaller footprint for the residential development in the back so Walker’s Cafe has the space it needs to succeed. (Currently, there is less than 14 feet between the two buildings, with no room for storage, dumpsters, commercial deliveries of supplies etc.)
2. A formal guarantee that Walker’s Cafe will be revived (“Q condition”). The City’s Planning Department can set a so-called “Q condition” stipulating that a family-friendly restaurant or coffee shop must remain operational onsite. This will guarantee that, regardless of any other plans for the site, the community will continue to have access to this historic ocean-view eatery.
3. No building permit for the house until substantial progress has been made on the restoration of the cafe. Walker’s Cafe needs to be the priority, not an afterthought.
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