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Lakewood staff recommend broader allowances for breweries and tasting rooms; council schedules Feb. 4 hearing

Lakewood City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff presented planning commission recommendations to simplify and expand where alcohol production and tasting uses are permitted; planning commission adopted the recommendation 5‑0 and council set a Feb. 4 public hearing with action planned Feb. 19.

Planning Manager Tiffany Spear summarized changes to the Lakewood Municipal Code that group brewery, distillery and tasting‑room uses into a simplified table, add some outright allowances in the Station District and central business district, and recommend new parking standards (two auto stalls per 500 square feet and bicycle parking requirements).

Spear said the planning…

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