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Redondo Beach council directs staff to draft ordinance to allow general food (including beer and wine) sales in coastal zone
Summary
After debate and public comment, the council voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare an ordinance mirroring inland-zone rules that would allow general food sales (which include beer and wine) at coastal-zone service stations; staff will return with a draft and assess Coastal Commission review requirements.
The Redondo Beach City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance to permit general food sales — a category that state law includes beer and wine — at service stations in the city’s coastal zone.
Luke Smooty, assistant to the city manager, told the council that the Business and Professions Code defines "general food sales" to include beer and wine and that the city’s October 2023 ordinance authorized general food sales only in the inland zone with specific local restrictions (locked coolers, no single-serve alcohol,…
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