Public Hearing on Proposed Bar and Billiards Scheduled for Tuesday Morning

The city of Manassas Park  will hold a public hearing Tuesday at 9 a.m. to address The Point, a proposed bar and billiards slated to open at the site of the former Cue Club in the Manassas Shopping Center next month.

 The business was discussed at length earlier this month during the Manassas Park Planning Commission meeting at city hall.

 The Point will be located at 8488-A Centreville Rd. It will be owned by Cesar Florero and brothers Elvis and Roy Reynolds.

 Manassas Park Planning and Zoning director Vanessa Watson said at the meeting The Point will have a kitchen, a restaurant, a dance area, a disc jockey booth and an area for live entertainment. The establishment will also have a bar area and eight billiard tables.

Watson explained to the commission that when the establishment opens, it will operate as a club from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m.

 The owners are in the process of obtaining a liquor licenses and hope to open next month.

 After the commissioners expressed some concern about children in the establishment,  the owners agreed that children under 18  should not be allowed in the building without their parents or an adult.

 They also agreed to work with the building owner to create a window wall or to enlarge the existing windows by 30 percent.

 The commission and the owners agreed that Monday through Thursday there should be one security guard and manager on duty at all times and Friday through Sunday there should be at least a manager and two security guards at all times.

The commission agreed to recommend the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for The Point for approval to the Manassas Park Governing Body, as long as the owners adhered to its conditions.

 Additionally, Manassas Park city attorney Dean Crowhurst drafted into the CUP that there should be no more than eight pool tables in the establishment and that only one band, with no more than five members, could play at a time. He also wrote into the CUP that the dance floor should only be used by patrons—no professionals.

Once it is approved by the governing body, The Point will have its CUP reviewed yearly to make sure they are still in compliance.