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Planners weigh where breweries, tasting rooms and bars should be allowed; ask staff for buffers and data

Lakewood Planning Commission · October 16, 2025
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Summary

Planning commissioners discussed proposed changes to where alcohol production and sales (breweries, tasting rooms, small distilleries, bars) are allowed and raised compatibility questions where those uses would be proximate to child care; no action taken and staff will return with data and draft regulations.

Commissioners continued a months‑long conversation about where alcohol production and sales should be located in Lakewood, reviewing local examples such as Lake City Pub and tasting-room models and debating how those uses should be classified and regulated.

Staff described different operation types — a brewpub or microbrewery with on‑site tasting and food service; a tasting room attached to an off‑site production facility; a small craft distillery with a…

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