Pearlz Variance Application Fails..

The six-member Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals apparently split right up the middle Wednesday evening in the final vote over whether Pearz Oyster Bar on East Bay Street would legally be permitted to remain open until 2am. The vote was three-to-three, meaning apparent defeat.
The French Quarter Neighborhood Association board had deliberated long and hard about the issue and was prepared to support the applicants, but only if certain stringent concessions were made.
Individual members of the FQNA, however, voiced their personal objections, some saying that a continuing string of similar variances would not do the neighborhood any good, and would undo whatever rationale officials had for imposing the "Limited Business" status on portions of East Bay and the surrounding area.
Presumably, Pearlz must now begin closing by 11pm. They had been remaining open until 2am most nights despite their zoning designation.
It is not known what recourse the Pearlz may have, if any.