A new bill being considered in the Seattle City Council’s Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee could loosen land use restrictions and provide more flexibility for microbusinesses operating out of homes or garages.
The “Bringing Business Home” bill, proposed by Councilmember Dan Strauss and Council President Lorena Gonzalez, comes after the closure of Yonder Cider’s “garage bar” retail site in Greenwood following a neighbor complaint that the business was operating too close to a church and school and blocking sidewalks.
The retail site opened in August 2020 with a walk-up model amid the pandemic, selling growler fills and cans. The forced closure was highly unpopular, and the cidery received over 4,100 signatures
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