Monday, August 17, 2020
Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a preliminary site plan for a new Nicola Pizza in Lewes. The Caggiano family, owners of the iconic Rehoboth Beach restaurant and sports bar, announced last summer they would vacate their Rehoboth Avenue and North First Street locations, and build a new restaurant adjacent to Ocean One Plaza, which is owned by the family.
The family opened its restaurant on North First Street in 1971 and then its two-story sports bar on Rehoboth Avenue in 2010. The Caggianos plan to sell the two Rehoboth Beach properties.
The plan includes a 9,640-square-foot, two-story restaurant with a 1,726-square-foot covered deck and 144 parking spaces on a lot along Route 1 once occupied by the former Wright’s Self-Storage. The project is expected to be completed this fall.
An amended coastal-area cluster subdivision ordinance has been reintroduced by Sussex County Council. And this time, it does not include the controversial yield plan. The ordinance would require the same superior-design standards for all cluster.