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Council votes to let ABC stores open in more commercial zones, excludes downtown and drops special-use requirement
Summary
Belmont City Council approved a modified text amendment to allow ABC package-store use in several additional commercial districts (NCC, T& D and rural commercial), remove a special-use permit requirement for those districts, and explicitly exclude the downtown district; council cited state oversight and local policing experience in support.
Belmont City Council on Aug. 4 adopted a modified text amendment to expand where ABC package-store uses may locate in the city while excluding the downtown district.
Planning staff explained options for addressing council's prior direction: create a separate defined use for "ABC store" and specify the districts where it would be allowed, or lump ABC stores into the generic "retail commercial" category (which would make it harder to exclude downtown). Staff recommended the special-use-permit (SUP) path for parcel-specific conditions…
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