Post II Sports Bar & Grill Proposal Passes Council Muster

Creve Coeur City Council members gave unanimous final approval Monday to a conditional use permit that will bring a sports bar to the city.

Post II Sports Bar & Grill, a spinoff of the original location in Maplewood, will occupy the former Growler's Pub at 763 Old Ballas. The owners had previously said that if all went as planned, the restaurant could open by June 15.

The proposal was contingent on passage of a text amendment that would allow restaurants in certain zoned areas under 2 acres. Exisiting city code calls for a 25 percent ceiling. Growlers actually grew beyond that amount during the pub's time there before closing roughly two years ago. A Post II request to remove any limit was adjusted at the Planning and Zoning Commission to be at 40 percent. Post II will take up 32 percent of the space in Farmers Bank Plaza.

Council also gave final passage to a text amendment which reduces the required number of parking spaces in shopping centers by 15 percent. Two large shopping centers (West Oak & Bellerive) have received variances around the existing requirement that says shopping centers "must provide four (4) parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area unless the proposed mix of land uses in the shopping center require a higher number, in which case the higher number shall be required."

Paul Langdon, Creve Coeur's Director of Planning and Community Development has said the move could also "help less successful properties" in Creve Coeur which have been unable to fill vacancies in part because of the requirement.