In a rare rebuke that reflects a history of complaints about the business, the Flagler Beach City Commission denied an outdoor entertainment permit to Cajun Beach Boil and Sushi, the restaurant on State Road A1A at South 12th Street, after the business flouted a city ordinance.
“It was made very clear to him that he could not even have a radio there,” Penny Overstreet, the city clerk, said of Patrick McKinney, the businessowner who filed the application for the permit. When a resident told her Cajun Beach was playing music anyway, without a permit, she sent the police. Flagler Broadcasting’s Kix Country 98.7 was playing music in a promotional event.
“They were still still playing music when I was on my way here. I know that,” Commissioner Eric Cooley said at last week’s commission meeting, when the commission voted to deny. He cited the restaurant’s absence of plans to mitigate sound issues. “Also, I can’t approve a business that is currently, today, out of compliance with the sound ordinance, because they don’t have a permanent and they’re playing music. And they were playing music after they were told by our police to stop playing music.”…