A 132-seat restaurant has been proposed on the east half of the 17 E. Main mixed-used development. The city’s Planning Commission will hold a site plan review and special land use request for the restaurant to be able to sell alcohol tonight.
By Greg Chandler
Zeeland Record
The developer of the 17 E. Main mixed-use project in downtown Zeeland is proposing a 132-seat restaurant on the east half of the building.
Midwest Construction and Geerlings Development have presented plans to the city for a proposed El Rancho restaurant, and are requesting the city approve allowing the sale of alcohol in the restaurant.
The city’s Planning Commission will hold a public hearing tonight to review the site plan and special land use application for the restaurant. The meeting begins at 5:45 p.m. at City Hall.
The site is zoned C-2 central business district. Restaurants are allowed by right in that zoning district, but the sale of alcohol requires both special land use approval from the Planning Commission and a liquor license to be approved by the City Council, Community Development Director Tim Maday said.
“From a process point of view, before the council can really look at the liquor license application, they need to go to the Planning Commission and get that approval. This is step one for them,” Maday said.
El Rancho would take up 3,755 square feet of the 9,400-square-foot main floor of the 17 E. Main building, Maday said.
“We expect them to seek a development liquor license, similar to what StrEATs Taco or La Crème or the Gritzmaker did,” Maday said. “That’s tied to the investment in the building. We don’t have any quota licenses (based on population) for on-premises to distribute anymore.”
The City Council earlier this year approved including 17 E. Main as a brownfield redevelopment site, making it eligible for Midwest Construction to seek tax incentives to defray some of its development costs. The site qualified as eligible for brownfield redevelopment because the project involved the construction of new affordable housing.
Midwest Construction has built 22 one-bedroom apartment on the upper two floors of the building, six of which will have their rent capped by the state.
Individuals whose incomes are between 80 and 120 percent of Ottawa County’s area median income are eligible for the rent-controlled units.
The apartments are being advertised for lease, but a certificate of occupancy must be approved before anyone can move in.
”We expect the final certificate of occupancy to be granted in the coming days for the apartments,” Maday said.
Zeeland Record
The developer of the 17 E. Main mixed-use project in downtown Zeeland is proposing a 132-seat restaurant on the east half of the building.
Midwest Construction and Geerlings Development have presented plans to the city for a proposed El Rancho restaurant, and are requesting the city approve allowing the sale of alcohol in the restaurant.
The city’s Planning Commission will hold a public hearing tonight to review the site plan and special land use application for the restaurant. The meeting begins at 5:45 p.m. at City Hall.
The site is zoned C-2 central business district. Restaurants are allowed by right in that zoning district, but the sale of alcohol requires both special land use approval from the Planning Commission and a liquor license to be approved by the City Council, Community Development Director Tim Maday said.
“From a process point of view, before the council can really look at the liquor license application, they need to go to the Planning Commission and get that approval. This is step one for them,” Maday said.
El Rancho would take up 3,755 square feet of the 9,400-square-foot main floor of the 17 E. Main building, Maday said.
“We expect them to seek a development liquor license, similar to what StrEATs Taco or La Crème or the Gritzmaker did,” Maday said. “That’s tied to the investment in the building. We don’t have any quota licenses (based on population) for on-premises to distribute anymore.”
The City Council earlier this year approved including 17 E. Main as a brownfield redevelopment site, making it eligible for Midwest Construction to seek tax incentives to defray some of its development costs. The site qualified as eligible for brownfield redevelopment because the project involved the construction of new affordable housing.
Midwest Construction has built 22 one-bedroom apartment on the upper two floors of the building, six of which will have their rent capped by the state.
Individuals whose incomes are between 80 and 120 percent of Ottawa County’s area median income are eligible for the rent-controlled units.
The apartments are being advertised for lease, but a certificate of occupancy must be approved before anyone can move in.
”We expect the final certificate of occupancy to be granted in the coming days for the apartments,” Maday said.
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