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Planning commission asks High Mart applicant for floor plan, sales detail amid tobacco and illicit-product concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission declined to move forward with a final decision on High Mart (78.5 South Highland Drive) after staff and commissioners raised concerns that the tenant space and display layout resemble a specialty tobacco shop and could violate state thresholds; commissioners asked the applicant for a floor plan, product layout and sales pro forma and signaled the conditional-use application will be continued.
Cottonwood Heights planning staff and commissioners on April 1 pressed the applicant behind a proposed High Mart convenience store at 78.5 South Highland Drive for more documentation after staff presented photos and details suggesting the space currently resembles a tobacco specialty retailer rather than a neighborhood convenience store.
"As the application submitted, it does meet the definition of a convenience store," a staff member said, noting the applicant proposed hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., roughly 50 customers per day and a 1,280-square-foot tenant space with about 800 square feet of retail. But staff also presented photos of extensive…
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