Pearlz Bar and Restaurant has been operating until 2AM for three years. Late night bars negatively affect neighborhood quality of life and the value of our home prices in the French Quarter. Inebriated patrons of bars on East Bay who walk our streets at 2-3 AM are frequently loud, sometimes very drunk and violent, and often litter and vandalize our property. It is discouraging and annoying to clean up our homes, gardens and sidewalks after the late-night weekend revelers. The offences seem to be increasing.
There is a steady southward march of late-night bars on East Bay St.
It is my understanding that the zoning decision goes with the land. If Pearlz’s permit allows 2AM serving, that permit will be grand-fathered to the next owner. It will be bad precedent. Our circumstances now will be negatively affected by late night bar creep and our future can be worse.
Mapquest shows Charleston’s downtown bars and restaurants primarily clustered around E. Bay and Market in the French Quarter. The weekly Charleston crime report that is published on www.crimeweb.net includes police maps for zone 222 and shows serious criminal activity centered around those bars.
I am on the FQNA board and am speaking for the residents who actually live here 24/7 and who feel that the FQNA board (many of whom don’t live downtown) has been unresponsive to neighbors needs. Recently, many of my neighbors signed a petition asking that the zoning appeal be denied. Homeowners need your support dealing with the fragile mixed-use balance of our neighborhood.
Sue Stewart
12 State Street
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