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Planning commission denies liquor‑store permit at Artesia Boulevard after neighbors cite safety, traffic and saturation concerns
Summary
The Redondo Beach Planning Commission voted 6–1 on May 15 to deny a conditional use permit for a convenience store selling beer, wine and liquor at 2706 Artesia Boulevard, citing neighborhood concerns about parking, deliveries, public safety and proximity to residences and recovery housing.
The Redondo Beach Planning Commission on May 15 denied a conditional use permit for a proposed convenience store selling beer, wine and liquor for off‑site consumption at 2706 Artesia Boulevard in the Commercial C-2 zone.
Staff presented the application and recommended the permit, noting the lot contains an existing two‑tenant building with 11 available parking spaces on-site (one additional space is a trash enclosure that is not available on trash day). Staff described the ground-floor tenant footprint as 1,425 square feet and said the proposed hours would be 8 a.m.–11 p.m. daily with up to four employees. Because the previous flower-shop use had the same parking requirement, staff treated the proposed use as a legal nonconforming…
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