[Neighbors] IDO Amendment-11: Liquor Retail in the MX-M Zone

[Dominic Peralta]

Dear Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee Members,
I strongly support the amendment proposed by Councilor Davis.  As citizens
who must live daily with poorly regulated, mind and emotional altering
substances (liquer and pot) We should at the very least expect some
consideration in the authorization of who gets to distribute these items in
our neighborhoods.

Thank you,
Dominic Peralta


On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 6:12 PM Dave Dixon via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Dear Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee Members,
>
> I heartily support Charlie Bennet's endorsement of amendment A-11. As a
> long-term homeowner and resident in the Nob Hill neighborhood, I am acutely
> aware that negative externalities of liquor retail are a critical issue for
> all neighborhoods adjacent to the Central-Lomas-Zuni-Lead-Coal corridor.
> The ability of citizens to protect their neighborhoods from documented
> hazards is at the core of zoning regulations. There is long-standing
> precedent for public safety to supersede commercial preference - please
> respect that precedent in this matter.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Dixon
> On 6/22/20 4:17 PM, Charlie Bennett via Neighbors_nobhill-nm wrote:
>
> To:  Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee
>
> Re: IDO Amendment-11:  Liquor Retail in the MX-M Zone
>
> Greetings Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee Members
> and Madam Chair, Jones:
>
> In its drafting, the Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) ignored
> statistics regarding the effects on communities of density of retail
> package liquor sales, thus, allowing increases in criminal behavior and the
> continued deterioration of business corridors and residential neighborhoods
> in favor of unregulated private property use protections regardless of
> their parasitic effect upon quality of life and sustainable commerce.   As
> a whole, our city realizes no gain from any business that inflicts this
> burden upon its public.  It is merely a continuing liability that has shown
> to have a detrimental effect on our City’s public safety resources,
> diminishing our City’s reputation as well as its bond capability to the
> extent that it contributes to a spiral of increasing debt.
>
> Short of a much needed prohibition on retail package liquor sales in areas
> of Albuquerque where it has been proven be harmful to public safety,
> quality of life and sustainable commerce, Councilor Davis' amendment
> “A-11”, revising “Table 4-2-1” on page 142 of the IDO,  “Allowable Uses to
> make ‘Liquor Retail’ a Conditional Use in the MX-M zone, unless accessory
> to a Grocery Store”.  This amendment would repair some of those harmful
> effects allowed by the IDO and subsequent amendments to it.
>
> I urge this Committee and our City Councilors to support Councilor Davis’
> amendment that would restore some ability to its citizens to protect
> themselves, their communities and their businesses from further injury
> caused by the permissive use of retail package liquor within MX-M zones.  I
> also urge that this Committee and our City Councilors consider the
>  restoration of the 500 foot protections of “conditional use” to
> residential zones, schools, churches and public parks that existed prior to
> the enactment of the IDO.
>
> Sincerely yours in community,
> Charles Bennett
> Resident and advocate of Albuquerque’s International District
> 505-331-4517
>
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