One restaurant is moving in and the building that housed another is coming down in Summit.
Building inspector Gerald Alexander gave updates on both to the town council on Tuesday.
Alexander said the former Sweet Tooth Cafe on Robb Street has been sold and will reopen as a Cajun restaurant.
Tortilla Soup owner Adan Diaz is one of the business partners.
“He’s going to open a Cajun restaurant here in Summit instead of a Mexican restaurant. That should go over well in that building down there,” Alexander said.
He noted that demolition work began Tuesday on the former Golden Hushpuppy building on the corner of Robb and Laurel streets.
“I guess the big thing that everybody saw today is that the Golden Hushpuppy is coming down,” he said, adding that he gladly issued a demolition permit for the work when contacted.
The lot is reportedly going to be converted into parking spaces.
In other zoning issues, Alexander said a proposed retirement community on Live Oak Street will likely need approval from the planning commission and town council.
He said David Feldman is developing the property, where he plans to build 1,100-square foot residences since the lot appears to be less than the required 10,000 square feet.
“It’s going to be a challenge because there’s a hill right behind to the south of that gated community that’s already there,” Alexander said. “He’s going to have to do quite a bit of filling in to get it up to street level.
He said the adjacent gated community Feldman developed years ago was put in before zoning laws regulated lot sizes.
“Looking at that gated community over there, they put that in before we had that ordinance,” Alexander said. “Virtually everything over there is really too small.”
However, Alexander said that hasn’t resulted in any problems.
“Those lots over there are small, but it looks good over there,” he said.
In another matter, Alexander said he spoke to a firm in Starkville about updating the town’s comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances, as councilmen had requested, and he should have more information next month, although he didn’t expect to see any major changes.
