ORDINANCE NO. 260250

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, Alcoholic Beverages, enacting a new sections 10-216 and 10-336 for the purpose of designating certain geographic areas within the City experiencing acute detrimental public safety and public health impacts from the retail package sale of alcohol as "Retail Alcohol Impact Areas" and placing certain conditions on retail package licenses within such designated areas.

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WHEREAS, the City has received numerous reports from residents, neighborhood associations, public safety partners, and City personnel, and the Kansas City Police Department concerning recurring public safety and public health concerns in specific corridors; and

WHEREAS, the sale of alcoholic beverages can present a unique risk the quality and character of neighborhoods and collective public safety; and

WHEREAS, research shows that when concentrated in specific areas, retail practices like selling cheap, single serve high alcohol content products can unintentionally contribute to unsafe and unstable neighborhood conditions, including but not limited to increased crime, including violent crime, increased and/or repeated calls for police and emergency services, increased loitering, public intoxication, public disorder, and higher levels of litter; and

WHEREAS, the Multidisciplinary Public Safety Task Force routinely recommends that retailers in impacted areas refrain from such sales to reduce nuisance activity, and public safety and disorder concerns; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of a retail alcohol impact area plan is to provide the City with an additional tool to mitigate problems with neighborhood stability, public safety, chronic public inebriation, and illegal activities linked to the sale or consumption of alcohol within a geographic area; and

WHEREAS, research shows that alcohol-related nuisance and disorder often extend into adjacent blocks near retail p...

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