Scottsdale Planning Commission Advances Bar and Live Entertainment Permits for Old Town and North Scottsdale Sites

Highlights

• The commission unanimously recommended approval of bar and live entertainment permits for a roughly 6,000-square-foot site at 7330 E. Main St. in Old Town.
• A bar conditional use permit at 10452 E. Jomax Rd. — zoned Central Business Environmentally Sensitive Land Overlay — passed 5-1, with Commissioner Gonzales dissenting.
• A right-of-way abandonment at 11345 E. Beryl Avenue also passed 5-1, with Commissioner Gonzales again the lone dissenting vote.
• Commissioner Reid was absent from the January 28 meeting; all other six commissioners participated in each vote.

Scottsdale's Planning Commission recommended approval of three land-use actions at its January 28, 2026 regular meeting at City Hall Kiva Forum, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, with all items now advancing to City Council.

The most active item of the evening involved a pair of conditional use permits — one for bar use and one for live entertainment — at 7330 E. Main St., a roughly 6,000-square-foot site zoned Central Business Downtown Overlay (C-2 DO) in Old Town Scottsdale. Both cases, designated 5-UP-2025 and 6-UP-2025 and listed under the applicant name Old Town Tavern, were moved from the consent agenda to the regular agenda before Commissioner Ertel made a motion for recommendation of approval to City Council, finding that the conditional use permit criteria had been met and that the permits conform to the adopted General Plan, per attached stipulations. Commissioner Joyner seconded; the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. The staff contact is Casey Steinke, 480-312-2611; the applicant contact is Cameron Morgan, 480-990-9507.

Also moved from the consent agenda was case 7-UP-2025, a bar conditional use permit request at 10452 E. Jomax Rd., a property with Central Business Environmentally Sensitive Land Overlay (C-2 ESL) zoning in north Scottsdale. The applicant of record is listed as Alpio's at Troon Event Center, with Terri Virga Triebwasser as the applicant contact. Commissioner Joyner moved for recommendation of approval to City Council, finding the CUP criteria met and the permit consistent with the General Plan, per attached stipulations. Commissioner Drake seconded. The motion passed 5-1, with Commissioner Gonzales dissenting. The staff contact is Chris Zimmer, 480-312-2347.

The commission also acted on case 6-AB-2024, a request to abandon the southern 25 feet and eastern 30 feet of right of way on a Single-family Residential (R1-35) zoned property at 11345 E. Beryl Avenue, with the city to obtain needed dedications in return. Vice Chair Scarbrough moved for recommendation of approval to City Council, finding the abandonment consistent with the adopted General Plan. Commissioner Ertel seconded. That motion also passed 5-1, with Commissioner Gonzales dissenting. The staff contact is Jason Katz, 480-312-2542; the applicant contact is Jamaal Ragland, 770-686-8810.

The commission opened the meeting by approving the January 14, 2026 regular meeting minutes unanimously, 6-0. Commissioner Reid was noted absent at roll call. The meeting adjourned at 6:22 p.m.

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