About Town Redondo: Beer and wine sales at gas stations, residential design standards confirmed
Beer and wine, general grocery items to be sold at gas stations Beer and wine sales will be allowed at Redondo Beach gas stations after a 4-1 city council vote Sept. 19, the change to also include full-size grocery items – which was the thrust to alter the policy after some station owners sought permission. By state law, general grocery items include beer and wine. The new city rule applies only to businesses outside the Coastal Zone. In city council comments, District Four Representative Zein Obagi, Jr., talked about how the added sales will help business owners in this climate of high gas prices (thus less sold) and burgeoning electric cars. Councilman Nils Nehrenheim spoke to keep the ban, saying he is “philosophy opposed” to this category of action but cited Redondo Beach Police and Beach Cities Health District’s opposition to the change, and his own concerns about higher density of alcohol sales adding to issues of public intoxication, homelessness, addiction and perhaps violent crime. “Until we solve those issues in our community, and the broader scope in the South Bay and L.A. County as a whole, I would not be in favor of this right now,” he said. “Maybe at a future date.”…
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