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Acting Zoning Administrator conditionally approves off‑sale beer-and‑wine PCN for 1005 A Street; amends permit effective date
Summary
Acting Zoning Administrator Michaela O'Brien conditionally approved a public convenience or necessity determination for a proposed off‑sale beer-and‑wine retail business at 1005 A Street, Suite 208, amending Condition 6 to make the permit effective July 10, 2026 and valid for two years; the 5D appeal period ends July 9 at 4 p.m.
Acting Zoning Administrator Michaela O'Brien conditionally approved a public convenience or necessity (PCN) determination on July 1, 2026, for a proposed off‑sale alcoholic beverage retail business at 1005 A Street, Suite 208.
Planner Renee McNally presented the application as a request for a Department of Alcoholic Beverage (ABC) Type 20 off‑sale beer and wine license to operate what McNally described in the record as a "wine and spirits retail shop." McNally told the hearing that staff found the project met the majority of the applicable findings in City Council Resolutions 100299 and 13479 and that the Santa Fe Police Department reviewed the proposal and did not anticipate alcohol‑related problems in the downtown area.
McNally also said staff would amend Condition 6 (as published online). The amended condition read in the hearing that the permit, "shall become effective on July 10th, if approved, 2026, and shall be valid for a period of two years from the date of final approval or until July 10th, 2028, and shall become null and void if a business license is not issued or a defined extension not granted by July." The applicant declined to add further information when O'Brien asked if they wished to elaborate.
After hearing staff's presentation, O'Brien stated she would "approve conditionally the project as set forth by the staff report with that amendment note going to be updated," and closed public comment after noting that only in‑person remarks were allowed and no members of the public were present to speak. O'Brien said there is a "5D appeal period" that ends July 9, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.; she said that if no appeals are filed by that deadline the permit will take effect on July 10, 2026.
The transcript record contains an inconsistency in how the license was described: staff referred to an ABC "Type 20 off‑sale beer and wine license" while also describing the business as a "wine and spirits retail shop." The hearing record did not clarify whether spirits (hard liquor) sales are included in the requested license; that point was not resolved on the record.
The Zoning Administrator's conditional approval and the amended Condition 6 will proceed subject to any timely appeal filed by 4:00 p.m. on July 9, 2026.
