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Aurora advances permit to limit clustering of convenience stores that sell alcohol and tobacco
Summary
Council advanced a proposed socioeconomic sales and services impact permit that would attach to the general business license, grandfather existing businesses, and establish a 2,000‑foot distance restriction between like convenience stores selling regulated substances; council debated market effects, enforcement, and equity concerns.
The Aurora City Council on Nov. 3 moved forward a proposed permit aimed at preventing concentrations of convenience stores that sell regulated substances such as alcohol and tobacco.
Trevor Vaughn, manager of licensing, said the proposal would attach the new permit to the general business license, grandfather existing businesses and establish distance restrictions for new entrants. "It would. Specifically, convenience stores that we sell that we say sell regulated substances, alcohol or tobacco... would be set at 2,000 feet distance restriction," Vaughn said.
The permit is designed to prevent what staff described as predatory coalescence of certain business types in…
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