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Office: 406 . 539 . 3212 Cell: 406 . 539 . 3212
weirich@bridgeband.com
Fresco Café : Private Dinning Room Remodel 06 –30 –2020
William and Susan Neubauer would like to remodel an existing Office/Storage space into a Private Dinning Room
and Wine Storage. There are not any changes proposed to the Site Plan. The only changes to the exterior of the
building will be the addition of (3) sets of French doors which will overlook Bozeman Creek (West Elevation) as
well as a roll-up door on the North wall, which matches the existing roll-up door on the South wall.
The overall look of the exterior of the building should be improved, with the addition of doors/glazing replacing
the existing painted, CMU block, walls. Due to the fact that the walls, containing the new doors, are mostly blocked
by deciduous trees, the impact on the adjacent property views will be minimal and if a change is noticed, it will be
for the better.
Fresco Café is requesting a Special Use Permit to expand the alcohol serving area (currently 1072 square feet) by an
additional 255 square feet, for a total of 1327 square feet. Beer and wine will be prepared at the existing bar and
possibly wine bottles will be opened within the new, proposed Private Dining Room. Wine bottles will be stored in
locked, secure shelving ‘cages’ located within the new, proposed Private Dining Room.
Concerning the safety of the general public and our proposed project: there will be no change as far as how the
public will interact with the exterior of the building. The new doors are operable, but will not be accessible to
people to perform ingress/egress. Both the French doors and roll-up doors will have guard rails on the exterior of
the building (meeting current codes). On the interior there will be the addition of approximately 20 seats in the
new Private Dinning Room. There will also be Wine Storage along the East wall, this storage will meet all of the
security requirements established by the State for alcohol storage.
All new doors will match the existing doors in color, material and type. Please see the Existing vs Proposed
drawings for both the Plan view and Exterior Elevations, for a true before/after view.
Sanderson Stewart has completed a Parking analysis/calculations to determine how many additional parking spaces
will be required (per current City of Bozeman regulations) to fulfill the additional patrons for the new dining area.
They calculated there will be (2) additional parking spaces required (see attached calc.s). Fresco Café has attained (1)
parking space agreement with Community Health Partners (West side of creek) and (1) parking space agreement
with the City of Bozeman (North side of restaurant). Please see Site Plan and attached agreements.
Thank you for your consideration,
Mark Weirich