A new restaurant in a well-known location got the green light Wednesday from the Tisbury planning board, which voted unanimously — but with conditions — to issue a special permit for MV Tap.

Business owner Anderson Martins still must must submit a site plan and a landscaping plan to the planning board before a certificate of occupancy can be issued, board member Ben Robinson told the Gazette after the meeting.

Mr. Martins is planning a casual year-round eatery for the prominent Five Corners spot, where the Golden Bull steak house closed its doors more than two years ago.

The town permit allows MV Tap to serve three meals a day, with alcohol service until 10 p.m. on Sundays and 11 p.m. the rest of the week.

The Tisbury select board approved the restaurant’s all-alcohol license application last month, with the state alcohol control board expected to follow suit once it has reviewed the paperwork.

Geoghan Coogan, attorney for Mr. Martins, told the Gazette the state usually takes six to eight weeks to notify license applicants, with late May a likely time for MV Tap to hear from the alcohol board.

If the state board has not responded by the time Mr. Martins has met all of his permitting requirements from the town, Mr. Coogan said, he will open MV Tap for food and non-alcoholic drinks until the liquor license is confirmed.  

MV Tap is permitted to have 52 seats for dine-in customers, with the option of moving some seating to the restaurant patio in warm weather. A meat smoker on the patio is also part of Mr. Martins’s plan.

Michael Sawyer, whose Flowerwood LLC owns the building, said he and Mr. Martins will install boulders outside to create a barrier that keeps vehicles off the property while allowing access for first responders.

Tisbury police chief Christopher Habekost and fire chief Patrick Rolston both told the planning board that the boulder proposal was satisfactory to them.

Board chair Connie Alexander asked the applicants to make sure that Mr. Habekost and Mr. Rolston see the final site plan with the boulder array.

Among other business Wednesday, the planning board agreed to nominate three segments of Mud Puddle Road, an old rural byway west of Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for designation as a special way.

The move is intended to preserve the undeveloped nature of the road, Mr. Robinson said.

“Designating it a special way doesn’t change how it’s currently being used. It’s really about locking it in the way it is today, with all the uses that are there, and just not allowing [abutters] to expand the uses or expand the width of the road,” he said.

The planning board’s nomination to the MVC is supported by a citizen petition as well, Mr. Robinson told the Gazette.

Also Wednesday, the board approved two outdoor signs for Ocean Club, the fine-dining restaurant under development in the former Stone Bank lobby and vault on Main street.

Owner Reid (Sam) Dunn declined to confirm a target opening date.

“We’re going to be open and hopefully this summer, earlier rather than later, but there’s a lot to do,” he said.