Town of Banff

Liquor Stores

One retail use which the review team feels is distinct from most others are liqour stores. Liquor stores in Banff often serve as distribution points to the hospitality industry, and therefore tend to generate more significant shipping and handling requirements than other retail uses. It is not uncommon to see commercial vehicles loading and unloading stock on a busy sidewalk or public road several times a day. Some liquor stores operate without 

Liquor stores in Banff exhibit unique shipping and loading requirements, and often serve as wholesale distribution points for the hospitality industry

safe access points for loading, resulting in large amounts of stock moving precariously down public staircases, and products being stored in hallways and lanes.

In order to address the unique needs of liquor store operations, the review team is recommending creating a definition for “Retail – Liquor Store”. A reclassification from Permitted to Discretionary land use in the downtown to help examine the loading, parking, and waste requirements specifc to liquor stores in Banff.

The review team hopes that this amendment would start addressing the site and loading requirements of future liquor store operations.

What does the Community Plan say?

• "Establish commercial land use policies and development regulations to ensure Banff will continue to prosper"

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What do you think about the review team's proposal to regulate liquor stores seperately from other uses in order to address these businesses unique loading requriments? Send us your thoughts or experiences with this issue.