ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The transition into Phase Three brought some business back into restaurants, but that may be changing soon in Albemarle County.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors made several recommendations at a meeting on Wednesday, suggesting indoor seating at restaurants should go back to Phase Two and operate at half capacity.

“We’re very concerned that the Board of Supervisors is making a decision on what looks like inconsistent data,” Eric Terry, the president of the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging and Travel Association said.

He responded to the board’s recommendations with a letter to defend local restaurants.

“We don’t know of any evidence, anywhere in Virginia, that restaurants have been tied to an outbreak,” Terry said. “You’re leaving other industries as they are, but you’re sort of singling out the restaurant industry.”

He says there are other ways that restaurants should be restricted, like greater enforcement of tables being six feet apart.

“That’s a lot easier for restaurants to sort of get their arms around as opposed to 50 percent,” Terry said. “And quite frankly, in most restaurants, if you space your table at six feet, you’re going to be around 50 percent capacity anyways.”

Wood Grill Buffet is already operating at half capacity as a personal choice. The buffet’s owner, Justin Proffitt, says it was operating in a "cafeteria-style" in Phase Two, where employees served food rather than customers serving themselves.

“If we resort back to ‘cafeteria-style’ under Phase Two, it’s possible we’d have to shut down again, just because I’d have to double the amount of labor to serve every individual,” he said.

Wood Grill Buffet just reopened on July 8.

The letter commissioned by the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging, and Travel Association encourages the board to have better regulation of existing restrictions rather than adding new ones. 

“Imposing new standards will create additional financial hardship and loss of economic activity that will further harm the local recovery,” the letter stated.

It also suggests administering an alcohol curfew, like Governor Ralph Northam has recommended in other districts, rather than focusing on capacity. Also, it requests a restaurant-specific fund to offset the loss of revenue that would result if indoor seating returns to Phase Two.

"I hope that we get to prove people wrong,” Proffitt said. “And honestly, I think we're doing it better than most."

The board will further discuss the restrictions at a meeting on Monday at 3 p.m.