Wedding Chapel, Banquet Hall Could Still Tie the Knot

A Greenfield business owner’s hopes to expand his wedding chapel business to include a banquet hall will get a second look from the city next month.

On Tuesday, the Common Council voted 4-1 in favor of reconsidering its decision made at a meeting Feb. 22 to deny Jeff Kohl of a special use permit to open a private banquet room and serve alcohol products in the existing space in the same building.

At the Feb. 22 meeting, left by Kohl’s wedding chapel customers, and felt adding a banquet hall for approximately 50 people would only exacerbate those problems.

The city’s alderpersons voted 4-1 to deny the request. But Tuesday, Alderperson Linda Lubotsky, who cast the lone vote in favor of the request last month, said there have been discussions with Kohl and city staff that could be stepping-stones to Kohl alleviating neighbors concerns.

Lubotsky said Kohl hoped to have a neighborhood meeting to address concerns, and was open to changing the requested closing time of midnight to 10 p.m.

Only Alderperson Karl Kastner voted against the reconsideration.

The special use request will likely reappear on the council’s agenda April 17.