The Sandy Springs City Council will decide Tuesday whether to let Holy Innocents' Episcopal School light its football field for homecoming again. The council will also vote on pulling a Roswell Road restaurant's business license after a shooting and illegal nightclub operation.

Both items are on the agenda for the council's Tuesday, Sept. 15, meeting at 6 p.m. in the studio theater at Sandy Springs City Hall, 1 Galambos Way, Appen Media reported.

Homecoming lights request

The private pre-K through 12th grade school on Mount Vernon Highway operates under a conditional use permit that prohibits lighting on its football field. For the second straight year, the school has appealed after City Manager Eden Freeman and the community development director denied its special event permit application.

Freeman wrote in her denial letter that only the council can approve the exception.

"As was the case last year, only the city council, acting in its legislative capacity, can grant an exception of this kind," Freeman said.

The council approved a one-time permit last year. The vote was 5-1. That allowed the school to host its first-ever night game on campus Oct. 3, 2025. NFL Hall of Famer Champ Bailey appeared at City Hall to support that bid, the Sandy Springs Crier reported.

If approved again, the permit would temporarily alter the zoning conditions for the property.

Café license on the line

The council will also vote on revoking the business license of Nubia Café & Restaurant at 8599 Roswell Road, Suite C1. The restaurant received its license in June.

Less than two months later, Sandy Springs police responded to the business at about 5:45 a.m. Aug. 15 after a report of a shooting, 11Alive reported. Officers determined a fight started inside and continued into the parking lot. During the fight, 28-year-old Bienvenu Deounoudjou allegedly shot a 34-year-old man multiple times in the arm and upper chest, according to police. The victim was hospitalized and later released. Deounoudjou was also shot in the leg.

Deounoudjou faces charges of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Detectives investigating the shooting determined the business was operating as an unauthorized after-hours club and serving alcohol without the required state or local licenses, according to 11Alive's report. On Aug. 19, police, firefighters and code enforcement officers inspected the property. Owner Frank Lyonga was cited for multiple violations, and the business was shut down.

No public response from Lyonga appears in available records.

Other business

The council is also scheduled to approve its annual report on how Sandy Springs spent last year's community development block grant, a federal program that funds services for low- to moderate-income residents. The council will also discuss a 90-day, $53,307 extension of the city's landscaping contract with Ruppert Landscape while it searches for a new contractor.

The meeting will be livestreamed at sandyspringsga.gov/stream.