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Zoning commission approves liquor-store zoning at 1246 South General McMullen over staff objection
Summary
The commission approved rezoning at 1246 South General McMullen to allow a liquor store despite staff recommending denial because the change would introduce alcohol sales near single-family homes and reverse a 2023 corridor rezoning that restricted alcohol sales.
The City of San Antonio Zoning Commission voted to approve a rezoning request for 1246 South General McMullen that would permit a liquor store, a decision that passed despite staff recommendation to deny.
The applicant, Amin Jovani, told commissioners he has owned the property for about 15 years and operates other liquor stores. He said the site has been vacant since the COVID-19 pandemic and he wants to open a liquor store to occupy the property. “I have other three locations, and that location in that area, there’s no liquor store,” Jovani said.
Staff recommended denial, saying the existing C-2 NA (commercial nonalcoholic sales) zoning had been applied along the General McMullen corridor in a 2023 rezoning to prohibit alcohol sales near…
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