Permits, licenses OK’d for Rehoboth Avenue businesses

From one end of Rehoboth Avenue to other, Rehoboth Beach commissioners approved supplemental permits of compliance and license agreements for businesses during a meeting May 8.

City commissioners began the meeting by approving a supplemental permit of compliance and license agreement for Nalu, 41 Rehoboth Ave. The permit allows the restaurant to operate a dining patio serving alcoholic drinks on public space. According to the building inspector’s report, the area will be about 150 square feet and include 12 seats. The license agreement, which costs $325, allows the restaurant to use the city sidewalk in front of the building as its patio. The license is an annual renewal.

Commissioners then moved to Fins Fish House & Raw Bar, 243 Rehoboth Ave. Similar to before, Fins was granted a supplemental permit of compliance to operate a dining patio serving alcoholic drinks on public space and was issued a $325 license agreement to operate that patio on a city sidewalk. According to the building inspector’s report, the Fins patio would be about 300 square feet and have 16 seats.

Finally, for Egg, 510 and 512 Rehoboth Ave., commissioners authorized a supplemental permit of compliance to operate a dining patio serving alcoholic beverages. The 1,000-square-foot patio, which is limited to 10 tables and 40 seats, will be located in the parking lot next to the restaurant. Egg first got permission from the city’s board of adjustment for this patio because the patio and the restaurant are not on the same lots.

This is the second supplemental permit of compliance Egg has received recently. In April, commissioners approved a modification of an existing restaurant serving alcoholic beverages by allowing the bar to move locations within the restaurant.

License agreements for awnings

Prior to the special meeting, city officials reached consensus on two license agreements for awnings at Coast Hotel and Oliver Whitby.

Coast Hotel has an address of 123 Second St., but it also fronts Rehoboth Avenue. It’s the site of the former Sandcastle Motel and has been under a top-to-bottom renovation since last year. The awning for the hotel will encroach 3 feet over the sidewalk on the Rehoboth Avenue side of the hotel, near the entrance to the hotel’s restaurant Sirocco.

Oliver Whitby is a new business on Rehoboth Avenue in a one-story cinderblock structure that was most recently The Beach Life Gallery. The awning will encroach 2 feet, 6 inches over the sidewalk of Rehoboth Avenue.

In both cases, commissioners agreed to a $325 administrative fee for preparation of the license agreement. Official action was not taken on these license agreements, but is expected during the regular commissioner meeting Friday, May 19.