The Maplewood City Council, in addition to approving short term rentals (Airbnb) on Tuesday, had first hearings for a liquor license for Bolyard’s Meat & Provisions, a request for a restaurant/bar/piano entertainment venue, a conditional use permit for an auto detailing and Internet auto business, and a group home for mentally or physically disabled individuals.
The following was passed on the first hearing Tuesday, and will be up for the third and final vote at the next council meeting — Oct. 27.
- Abbie Bolyard, of Bolyard’s Meat & Provisions requested a liquor license for special events such as a burger contest they hosted recently and for offsite catering.
- Andrew Graefe said he and Philip Manaois (AKA Spanky) and two others were partners with Jive & Wail piano bar when it was in Maplewood. Graefe and Manaois didn’t stay with it when it moved to downtown St. Louis. Graefe and Manaois are applying to open The Jukebox Piano Bar at the same corner (Manchester and Sutton) where Jive and Wail operated. See also: P&Z approves dueling piano bar on Manchester corner
- L’Arche St. Louis now runs a home for disabled individuals at 2900 Marshall Avenue and would like to open a second at 3632 Manhattan. Some neighbors of the new location opposed the opening but planning and zoning approved it. Councilman Barry Greenberg said Tuesday he lives around the corner from the L’Arche on Marshall and that it’s an asset to the neighborhood. Also, Loren Widmer said her family moved to Maplewood from Webster Groves to be in a more diverse neighborhood. She said on her street — Moller Avenue — they have neighbors who have lived there 50 years, and some who moved there from Russia, Guatemala and Australia; there are large traditional families, adoptive families and gay couples. She said she was “thrilled” at the prospect of adding more diversity to their neighborhood.
- The council also approved the purchase of six new patrol rifles at a cost of $5,260 to replace rifles that are 12-15 years old. The old ones will be melted down.
- An auto detailing shop and Internet wholesale auto sales business — Bogies Auto Detail — also had a first reading. No cars will be displayed on the lot, as in a traditional used car lot.