Teen nightclub plan hits a snag
A plan to open a teen nightclub on East Main Street, Batavia, has hit a snag.
Tim Walton and Mike Marchese Jr., who planned to partner on Impulz Teen Nightclub, discovered through the planning process that their selection location requires a sprinkler system for the planned use.
The building is 7,350 sq. ft. and because the maximum capacity for the building is more than 100 persons, code requires a sprinkler system.
Not just any plumber can install it, said Walton. The cost could top $50,000.
"Right now we got a price and it's looking like it's gonna cost an additional $50,000," Walton said.
The partners are going to look into getting a price for a dry sprinkler system and see what the pricing and regulations would be on that.
"If the price can't drop any lower, then I would have to go back and refigure some numbers. Those numbers would have us into this well over $100,000 and I would have to be sure it would workout."
Walton and Marchese aren't ruling out opening the club, even at the original planned location at 624 E. Main St., but feel that current circumstances will make it difficult.
"If it's meant to happen it will play out." Walton said. "If not, then there will be other opportunities."
