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File #: BL2025-908   
Type: Bill (Ordinance) Status: Passed
File created: 6/23/2025 In control: Planning and Zoning Committee
On agenda: 9/16/2025 Final action: 9/16/2025
Title: An ordinance amending Chapters 17.08 and17.16 of the Metropolitan Code, Zoning Regulations to amend and add regulations pertaining to the "beer and cigarette market" use (Proposal No. 2025Z-005TX-001).
Sponsors: Emily Benedict, Brenda Gadd, Jeff Preptit
Attachments: 1. Ordinance - Benedict - Beer & Cigarette Market Regulations - Exhibit A, 2. Substitute BL2025-908, 3. Amendment No. 1 to Substitute BL2025-908
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An ordinance amending Chapters 17.08 and17.16 of the Metropolitan Code, Zoning Regulations to amend and add regulations pertaining to the "beer and cigarette market" use (Proposal No. 2025Z-005TX-001).

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Section 17.08.030 of the Metropolitan Code is amended by amending the zoning district land use table as shown in Exhibit A.
Section 2. That Section 17.16.070 of the Metropolitan Code is amended by inserting a new Subsection I as follows and renumbering subsequent subsections:
I. Beer and Cigarette Market.
1. Location.
a. No beer and cigarette market use shall be located on a parcel less than one thousand three hundred twenty linear feet from the parcel line of another parcel upon which another beer and cigarette market use is located. No more than one such establishment shall be located upon a single parcel. This subsection shall not apply to beer and cigarette market uses located within the CF, CF-NS, or DTC zoning districts.
b. No beer and cigarette market use shall be located on a parcel that is less than one hundred feet from a parcel upon which a residential dwelling unit, religious institution, school or its playground, a park, or a licensed day care home or center or its playground is located. This subsection shall not apply to beer and cigarette market uses located within the CF, CF-NS, or DTC zoning districts.
c. Beer and cigarette market establishments selling alcoholic beverages with an alcoholic content of eight percent alcohol by weight or less shall also meet the regulations of Section 7.08.090 of the Metropolitan Code. Where the regulations of this subsection conflict with the regulations of Section 7.08.090, the more restrictive regulations shall prevail.
2. Signage. Window signage, including signs placed within, affixed to, in contact with, or located within three feet of a window or other opening and intended to be seen fr...

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