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COMMUNITY
Council considers making
bars close an hour earlier
BY DYAHt BAGBY
Brookhaven City Council on Dec. 1
discussed shutting down local bars and
clubs an hour earlier after city officials
presented information about frequent
police responses to the Northeast Plaza
off Buford Highway.
The council was divided on the idea
of an earlier last call, and a representative
of one Northeast Plaza club said it would
hurt business.
“We don’t have to go to bed at mid
night, but I do think 2:30 a.m. is an accept
able time,” Mayor Rebecca Chase Williams
said, adding she was concerned for overall
public safety.
But Councilman
Bates Mattison asked
whether the police de
partment would face
the same kinds of in
cidents even in bars
closed earlier. “I don’t
think rolling back
hours is going to
change anything,” he
said.
Williams and
Councilwoman Lin-
ley Jones supported
closing late-night ven
ues at 2:30 a.m. “I’m
concerned for the safety of our police of
ficers,” Jones said.
But Councilmen John Park and Joe
Gebbia agreed with Mattison, saying
they are not sure the earlier closing time
would solve any problems.
Currently, last call for local late-night
venues is 2:55 a.m. with closing set at
3:30 a.m. Restaurants are also able to
stay open until 3:30 a.m. Closing bars
and nightclubs early has been part of an
ongoing discussion in Brookhaven since
at least 2014, with resistance from local
businesses.
Breaking up fights, arresting people for
DUIs and disorderly conduct are some of
the recent incidents the Brookhaven Po
lice Department has responded to in the
Northeast Plaza, where several nightclubs
are located, including XS Lounge and At
lanta Peachtree Ballroom. Community De
velopment Director Ben Song said that
three more, similar establishments are be
ing planned for the shopping center.
Song’s presentation to the council was
part of an operations report on XS Res
taurant and Lounge that showed it com
plies with its 2014 Special Land Use Per
mit as a late-night establishment. Song
said that while XS complies with its per
mit, the city is concerned with the police
resources needed there and at other near
by businesses. The incidents are not spe
cific to XS Lounge, he
added.
“There are a lot of
[police] resources be
ing expended there,”
he said. “And it’s not
just a single officer
there providing secu
rity, but they are ask
ing for backup. This
is additional time tak
ing officers away from
being on the streets.”
A representative
from XS Lounge at
tended the meeting
but did not speak
to the council. In a later interview, he
said being forced to close earlier would
cost his business a great deal of money.
XS Lounge, which operates as a restau
rant until 12:30 a.m. and then becomes
a late-night venue afterwards, pays some
$20 ,000 each month in sales tax and a
monthly alcohol tax of $2,500, the club
representative said.
Song said most of the police-call in
cidents are taking place about 3:30 to 4
a.m. He recommended discussing rolling
back hours.
“The fact is that certain hours attract
certain types of businesses and what we
want is to separate ourselves from the dif
ferent cities,” Song said. “What we are
seeing now is a concentration of similar
uses in one location.”
“The fact is that certain
hours attract certain
types of businesses
and what we want is to
separate ourselves from
the different cities.”
-BEN SONG
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR
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