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Committee finds Unimart transfer would not serve public convenience or necessity after neighborhood objections
Summary
Following extensive public comment from nearby residents, service providers and business groups, the committee voted to direct the clerk to prepare a resolution determining that a Type 21 license for Unimart at 1201 Howard Street would not serve public convenience or necessity and to forward that determination to the full Board.
After lengthy public comment from nearby residents, service providers and business association leaders, the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted Dec. 11 to direct the clerk to prepare a resolution determining that issuing a Type 21 off‑sale general license to Royal Mart LLC (doing business as Unimart) at 1201 Howard Street would not serve the public convenience or necessity, and to forward that determination to the full Board.
Officer Brandon Erickson presented the PCN report on Unimart and told the committee the file included seven letters of protest and zero letters of support; the site was described in the report as in a high‑crime, high‑concentration tract. Omar, identified only by his first name and introduced as the son of the…
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