Windward Hall seeks parking exemption for 2,500-square-foot dining patio

Windward Hall's site plan shows a 2,500-square-foot covered dining patio alongside a proposed two-story, 7,900-square-foot restaurant on 3.75 acres at the southeast corner of Windward Parkway and Edison Drive. Applicant The Luxury Enterprise Group, LLC seeks permission for a stand-alone restaurant without a drive-through.⁠[1][2]

The proposal asks Alpharetta to exempt outdoor seating from minimum parking requirements. The site plan calculates a restaurant requirement of 79 spaces and proposes 83, excluding the covered outdoor dining area from that calculation. A separate variance request would allow approximately 1,200 square feet of the cantilevered patio to extend into the stream's impervious setback.⁠[1][2]

Staff recommends approval with conditions, including limiting patio encroachment to the Sept. 1 site plan and replanting graded impervious-setback areas to city buffer standards. The report lists City Council consideration for Oct. 26, 2026. These are requested permissions and staff-recommended conditions, not a council approval; the supplied pages do not establish a later vote.⁠[2]