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Loca Luna to Address Community Concerns

Owners plan to put up signs, offer valet service

 

After months of contentious conversations about noise and safety concerns at , owners announced plans Monday to address community complaints.

Leigh Davis Turner, who spoke at the neighborhood planning unit meeting Monday on behalf of the restaurant owner, said owners plan to post signage around the restaurant to remind patrons to respect the community that surrounds the restaurant and bar.

Owners also plan to hold regularly scheduled training meetings with security staff to talk about noise concerns and offer valet service to residents on the west side of Amsterdam Avenue that are “more impacted by the traffic and parking,” she said.

She said the valet service would only be available to residents having small gatherings and unavailable to neighbors that simply failed to find parking.

This plan is “a result of the community meeting in late October,” she said, where Amsterdam Avenue residents and Amsterdam Walk business owners met with Loca Luna owners about noise, crime and parking issues, among other concerns.

Turner also said owners will "periodically apply for a temporary lane closure permits during peak times in order to deter the general public from parking on both sides of the street and creating a bottle-neck."

Residents at the meeting Monday night said they would like to see another community meeting held before the summer, and Turner said she would suggest holding another meeting in the spring.

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Do you think this plan addresses community concerns? Tell us in the comments.

Tammy

8:52 am on Wednesday, January 18, 2012

"owners plan to post signage around the restaurant to remind patrons to respect the community that surrounds the restaurant and bar."
Guess what? This won't work.

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Rick D. Day

10:09 am on Saturday, April 7, 2012

Of course, Vag-Hi can do what Castleberry Hill did and force ALL businesses to close at 1AM.

Then there would be plenty of parking...in front of shuttered businesses and vacant homes.

ProTip: You live in the 'inner city' in one of the most lively entertainment districts in Atlanta. You can walk where thousands have to drive. Get OVER yourself and work TOGETHER with business, instead of droning "This won't work". Nothing in the code forces that business to follow what are voluntary solutions.

Come up with solutions, instead of NIMBY angst. Better yet, you can move to the suburbs where there are no business outside of Publix and a gas station. Peace.

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