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Council seeks second measurement and legal definition after dispute over East 70th Street liquor store
Summary
Council members, neighborhood residents and city staff debated whether a newly approved liquor store on West 70th Street met spacing requirements. Council directed staff to produce independent measurements and asked the city attorney to clarify the legal definition of a liquor-store "premises."
Council members and residents pressed city staff Tuesday over whether a liquor store on West 70th Street met the city's distance rules and whether the site should have been eligible for approval.
The matter began during public comment when a resident raised petitions opposing a new liquor store at "300 369 East 70 Street" (as spoken) and questioned whether the business sits less than the ordinance's required buffer from nearby houses and churches. Council members asked staff to provide more detail and for a second, independent measurement before the matter is considered resolved.
The dispute centers on how the city measures protected distances and which property points count as the liquor-store "premises." Mister Clark, a planning staff member, said the city's planning office uses computerized measurements that calculate from the proposed…
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