SAN FERNANDO : Ban on Liquor Sales Permits Extended
The city of San Fernando will not issue alcohol sales permits for six months to give planners time to draft new rules limiting the number of businesses selling alcohol.
The City Council voted Monday to extend until Feb. 28 a 45-day ban it had imposed in July.
The 2.4-square-mile city is home to an unusually high concentration of liquor outlets--roughly one for every 434 residents. San Fernando, with only 23,850 residents, has 32 stores that sell liquor and 23 bars and restaurants that serve it.
Community anti-liquor activists said they want the ratio limited to no more than one permit per 1,000 residents.
New rules being drafted by planners include provisions that would deny alcohol sales licenses to stores within 600 feet of a school or 300 feet of a church. But planners are considering recommending to the council even tougher guidelines called for by community groups, said Howard Miura, director of community development.
The next public hearing on the issue is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at San Fernando City Hall, 117 MacNeil St.
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