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Commission upholds staff recommendation and denies rezoning that would allow hard-liquor sales at Southwest Mart
Summary
The commission denied a request to rezone 3718 Southwest 9th Street from RX1 to MX3 — a step the applicant needed to add hard-liquor sales — because the property falls short of the 500-foot separation required from certain uses (about 182 feet to a nearby church).
The Des Moines Plan and Zoning Commission voted on Aug. 15 to follow staff advice and deny a rezoning request that would have allowed a convenience store at 3718 Southwest 9th Street to obtain the conditional use necessary to sell alcoholic liquor.
Planning staff presented the rezoning request and said the subject property is roughly 182 feet from a church boundary, well short of the 500-foot separation required under the zoning criteria for selling alcoholic liquor near places of worship,…
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