Please place on the September 17, 2021 City Commission meeting agenda a referral to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (“LUSC”) regarding an amendment to the minimum distance separation regulations for package stores.

City Code Section 6-4(a)(3) provides for a minimum distance separation of 1,500 feet between package stores. However, a package store “may obtain conditional use approval from the planning board to operate at a lesser distance from an existing store, but in no event shall such a store open at a distance less than 700 feet from an existing store.”

I would like the LUSC to consider a potential amendment to Section 6-4, to repeal the provision permitting the Planning Board to approve a package store at a distance of less than 1,500 feet from another package store.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my aide, Amadeus Huff.