Moratorium proposal follows recent planning commission approval of another liquor store in western Antioch.
With liquor stores outnumbering grocery stores in some underserved areas of Antioch, Councilwoman Monica Wilson is calling for a ban on new liquor stores and a temporary moratorium on such applications.
The action follows a split 3-to-4 planning commission vote on Feb. 15 in which a new liquor store was approved at 2651 Somersville Road despite resistance from neighbors. Seeing that there were already eight liquor store licenses within two miles of the future store and only two grocery stores offering health food options, Wilson is asking the council to consider an appeal of the commission’s recent approval.
“Frankly, we should learn from our past because we’ve been down this road before and we don’t have to look far to seeing examples of what happens when these types of liquor stores pop up and oversaturate our most vulnerable communities,” she said. “Just go down the street from the proposed site to see illicit activity that takes place around stores at Sycamore Plaza, Delta Fair shopping center, Bev Box on 10th Street, or Romi’s Liquor and 18th and Cavallo.
“What we know is that no matter the spin you place on a name, no matter the extra aisle of unhealthy snacks you may offer or how you may try to beat the ratios of floor plan and liquor ratios as where they are in a store, what these commissioners have approved is a liquor store,” King said, flanked by neighbors of the future liquor store who oppose it.
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