Friday, January 18, 2013
The Eastport restaurant received a special exception permit to build a rooftop deck for that will seat up to 54 people.
Diners at the The Rockfish Restaurant in Eastport could be enjoying their meals outdoors by Spring 2013 thanks to a ruling by Annapolis' Board of Appeals. The board unanimously approved a special exception permit to build a rooftop deck that will seat up to 54 people. The restaurant at 400 Sixth St. will become the first one to this type of outdoor dining in the convenience shopping and community shopping districts. City Council amended the zoning laws to allow for rooftop dining in May 2011. "There really is a lack of outdoor dining for the city which is so oriented," board member James Gregory said. "I think this is a good way to put this ordinance in place." Rooftop dining was always part of Rockfish's business plan. Daniel Ball, a …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Restaurant is first to take advantage of Annapolis' new law allowing rooftop dining in the convenience shopping and community shopping districts.
An Eastport restaurant is hoping to be the first business granted permission to build a rooftop dining deck since the Annapolis City Council passed a law allowing their construction. The Rockfish Restaurant, at 400 Sixth St., is asking the Board of Appeals to grant them a special exception for a deck that would seat up to 54 people. "It was always our hope or aspiration to have roof top dining. Our customers have repeatedly asked ‘are we going to be able to eat outside?’” Rockfish's managing partner Gregory Casten said. Rooftop dining was always part of Rockfish's business plan, said Daniel Ball, a Columbia-based architect who designed Rockfish in 2004. He included an outdoor dining area when he submitted his original designs to the city…
Lawyers for both sides sparred at the Board of Appeals meeting in Annapolis on Tuesday.
Downtown Annapolis' burrito war heated up on Tuesday night as attorneys for Chipotle and Moe's Southwest Grill argued over whether the former should be allowed to open a location at 36 Market Space. "I state the obvious when I tell you that this is simply a competitor that doesn’t want to see a competitive business come to town," Chipotle attorney Alan Hyatt said. "I think we are entitled to the special exception, and this is a pretty flimsy opposition." Chipotle is asking the Board of Appeals for permission to take over the location's current special exception, owned by Hard Bean Coffee and Booksellers, to be a standard restaurant that serves alcohol. The national burrito chain wants the board to approve two major modifications to that …
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Here's a quick look back at the biggest headlines of the week in Annapolis.
No. 1—Appeals Board Axes Quiet Waters Development In a surprising 3-1 vote the Annapolis Board of Appeals struck down the construction of approximately 160 homes on a lot adjacent to Quiet Waters Park. The board members cited concerns offer traffic and whether the number of homes would go against preserving the natural characteristics of the development. Jerome Feldman, an attorney representing on of the developers, declined to comment on the board's decision, but Assistant City Attorney Gary Elson thinks the case is headed to Circuit Court. No. 2—Police Raid Annapolis Home, Find $8,600 in Ecstasy Annapolis police raided a home blocks from Georgetown East Elementary on Monday evening and found 432 Ecstasy pills and Diazepam—a prescription …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
After months of negotiations the developers for the Reserve at Quiets Waters and the city are still arguing over construction details.
City officials and builders of a proposed development adjacent to Quiet Waters Park spent most of their four-hour Board of Appeals hearing talking about trees—specifically those in the southwest corner of the 39-acre property adjacent to the county-owned park. Annapolis' Planning Commission approved a site plan for the Reserve at Quiet Waters, which includes 160 residential units, in September 2011. It did so after hours of heated debate, and only after it placed a near record 48 conditions on the project. The developers, QW Properties and Chesapeake Realty Partners, testified to the Board of Appeals that they have agreed to potential compromises on all but one of those conditions. The planning commission placed a requirement on the …
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Contentious proposal receives approval from the Annapolis Board of Appeals, ending more than six months of debate.
The Annapolis Board of Zoning Appeals Wednesday night green lit a Giant gas station in the Bay Forest shopping center, concluding a series of meetings on the contentious issue. Board members ended months of debate and discussion by approving a permit that will allow Stop and Storage Supermarket Company LLC, Giant’s parent company, to build a service station next to the Wachovia Bank in the shopping center. The gas station will allow Giant shoppers to redeem points at the pump for a discount on their gas. But some local residents said they fear this will give the Giant gas station an unfair advantage over the several other gas stations in the area and create an additional traffic burden on the already congested region. Board member James …
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7:56 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
The Rockfish may be an improvement over what was there on that corner, but it is still a blight on the neighbornood. I am pretty sure that the owners of Rockfish are not tolerating residual hangers on loitering on their decrepit parking lot drinking beer. Consider instead that there is side door to Rockfish that has an unlikely number of beer bottles around it all the time. I'd call that the … more ›