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Planning Commission debates where breweries, distilleries and tasting rooms should be allowed
Summary
Planning staff asked the Lakewood Planning Commission for guidance on where to allow breweries, distilleries, tasting rooms and bars/taverns as part of proposed code updates; the commission disagreed on the breadth of allowances for bars and taverns in neighborhood-commercial and transit-oriented areas.
Planning staff returned to the Lakewood Planning Commission with a second review of proposed zoning and definition changes for breweries, distilleries, tasting rooms and eating-and-drinking establishments after City Council requested more detailed discussion about where such uses should be allowed. Staff said the draft updates replace older terms (such as “brewery production” and “small craft distillery”) with definitions aligned with state licensing and regulatory practice, add parking standards tied to production uses, and propose allowing breweries broadly from NC-1 through Industrial-2 zones; wine…
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