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Council to consider zoning change to require public hearings and limit liquor‑store clustering
Summary
Councilors discussed an ordinance amendment to the Unified Development Code that would change liquor‑store approvals from by‑right to special‑use (with public hearing) and impose a limit of two stores per square‑mile to reduce clustering; sponsors said the change responds to resident complaints about oversaturation.
City staff presented proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code that would make retail liquor sales a special‑use (requiring a public hearing before the MPC) rather than a by‑right use in many locations, and would cap new retail liquor outlets to two per one‑mile radius to prevent clustering.
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