Lafayette City Council overrules zoning board, grants permit for downtown cigar bar

Downtown Lafayette business granted conditional use permit amid concerns

Downtown Lafayette cigar lounge Ashes II Ashes was granted a conditional use permit on Tuesday despite some voicing concerns about the business."All this has done is create a lot of conflict and confusion when this could have been done the right way, at the right time--eight months ago," said Kevin Blanchard, the CEO for Downtown Development Authority. The city gave them a permit to operate a bar downtown without actually having a permit to oper…

Lafayette City Council overrules zoning board, grants permit for downtown cigar bar

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — The Lafayette City Council voted to approve an alcohol permit for a downtown cigar bar, overriding a unanimous recommendation to deny it from the city's zoning commission. The permit was sought by Marlon Haynes, owner…

Downtown cigar lounge gets OK to continue alcohol sales

The City Council approved a permit this week for a Downtown bar that has been operating for nearly eight months without one. The venue, connected to Ashes II Ashes cigar lounge on South Buchanan Street, had obtained a liquor license from Lafayette Consolidated Government but was missing the special permit required to open bars in the Downtown area. Downtown has a blanket moratorium on new bars. City staff issued the liquor license by “mistake,” …