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Council dismisses complaint against Pacific Convenience Mart after neighbors describe loitering and litter
Summary
City Council dismissed a citizen complaint alleging the Pacific Convenience Mart was creating a public nuisance of intoxicated people, litter and loitering; staff and council urged neighbors and the store to work together but kept enforcement options available.
The Omaha City Council dismissed a complaint on March 18 alleging that Pacific Convenience Mart was fueling public nuisance problems—specifically, sales of single-serve “shooters,” public intoxication, litter and loitering—after hours of testimony from nearby property managers and tenants.
Proponents representing nearby property owners told the council their buildings, tenants and customers had been repeatedly affected. Noah Huber, a property manager for nearby commercial buildings, said the site had drawn intoxicated individuals and that managers and tenants had repeatedly found small liquor containers and other litter on adjacent properties. Mike Huber, owner of a neighboring retail strip, said the store had become “a magnet drawing homeless people” and…
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