Highlights
- Stetson Saloon filed two conditional use permit applications for a 4,820-square-foot site at 4340 N. 75th Street in Scottsdale.
- Case 13-UP-2025 seeks a bar permit; case 14-UP-2025 seeks a live entertainment permit, both on the May 27 Planning Commission agenda.
- Applicant contact is Lauren Proper Potter; city staff contact is Casey Steinke at Scottsdale Planning.
<p>Stetson Saloon is asking the Scottsdale Planning Commission to approve two conditional use permits for its 4,820-square-foot site at <a href="https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Assets/ScottsdaleAZ/Boards/Planning/agendas-minutes/2026-Agendas/05-27-26-regular-agenda.pdf">4340 N. 75th Street</a>: one to operate as a bar (case 13-UP-2025) and a separate permit for live indoor entertainment (case 14-UP-2025). Both applications are on the commission's regular agenda for Wednesday, May 27, 2026.</p> <p>The site carries Highway Commercial District zoning with <a href="/entity/downtown/">Downtown</a> Overlay designations (C-3/P-3 DO and P-2 DO), a combination that requires conditional use approval for both bar operations and live entertainment at this location. The dual-permit structure, filed under a single applicant, signals the operator intends to run a full-service venue with ticketed or scheduled performances, not merely background music.</p> <p>A <a href="https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/planning/projectsummary/applicant_submittals/ProjInfo_13_UP_2025.pdf">project summary posted to Scottsdale's eServices portal</a> confirms the applications seek conditional use permits to operate a bar and for live indoor entertainment at the address. Lauren Proper Potter, reached at 480-921-2800, is listed as the applicant contact on both cases; city planner Casey Steinke, 480-312-2611, is the staff contact.</p> <p>Potter has appeared before the commission on at least one prior Old Town use permit application. The March 25, 2026 agenda lists her as applicant contact for an amendment to the existing bar conditional use permit at <a href="https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Assets/ScottsdaleAZ/Boards/Planning/agendas-minutes/2026-Agendas/03-25-26-regular-agenda.pdf#case-7-UP-2016">Oasis Cafe, 4441 N. Buckboard Trail</a>, a case that sought a roughly 1,863-square-foot bar expansion.</p> <h2>Who is behind the Stetson Saloon applications?</h2> <p>The agenda lists Lauren Proper Potter as the applicant contact for both cases. The city's project summary document identifies the applications as seeking conditional use permits to operate a bar and for live indoor entertainment at 4340 N. 75th Street. The owner of record is not named in the agenda item text; principals are not yet disclosed in the public planning records reviewed.</p> <h2>The Planning Commission is scheduled to hear both cases at its May 27 meeting.</h2> <h2>Around the web</h2> <p>Public discussion (links to original posts):</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/arizona/comments/1tamgj8/arizona_native_needing_ideas_for_retired_inlaws/">Reddit · r/arizona, u/jewelpromocode</a> (22 upvotes · 84 comments)</li> </ul>
Where to find them
- Oasis Cafe · oasiscafeonwabash.com
Sources
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- Oasis Cafe (official site) retrieved 20/05/2026 23:31
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