Tampa City Council on Oct. 30 approved on first reading a special-use permit (AB22521) for a restaurant at 218'20 East Davis Boulevard that includes on-premises alcohol sales (beer, wine and liquor), an expanded wet-zoned footprint and changes to the front parking configuration.

LaShawn Dock of development coordination presented the application and told council the DRC found the request inconsistent due to requested waivers (two distance separations and a parking waiver). Applicant representatives said the existing front lot is unsafe, noted that the site had been operated as a restaurant historically and that flooding from past storms had damaged the building. The applicant proposed to remove the current in-lot parking and replace it with seven on-street angled parking spaces (at the developer's expense) and to fence and turf a front area as an outdoor waiting/play area that would be subject to site-plan restrictions. Applicant said no outdoor amplified sound would be allowed, and that alcohol service would be limited to indoor and patio areas; staff and legal agreed to work with the applicant to clarify site-plan cross-hatching and notes to distinguish an outdoor consumption-only waiting area from an outdoor outdoor-sales area.

Public comment supported the parking reconfiguration and safety improvements. Council discussed trees and coordination with Natural Resources staff for shade/landscaping. Council moved and approved the ordinance on first reading with the revision sheet and site-plan conditions; councilman Escalco recorded an abstention on the motion. Second reading and adoption are scheduled for Nov. 20, 2025.