For people (a) worried (b) happy about the liquor store... here's what's in the Philadelphia Code about what can go into a location with C-3 zoning without a certificate from the Zoning Board (and therefore without a hearing): (.3) That the following uses shall not require a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate:_[91]_ (http://www.phila.gov/philacode/html/_DATA/TITLE14/lnx_fn.html#fn149) (.a) amusement arcades; (.b) athletic and drill hall, dance hall, theater, motion picture theater and other entertainment of guests and patrons as a main use; (.c) bath house and indoor swimming pool; (.d) billiards, pool and bowling; (.e) central heating plant; (.f) courtroom or courthouse building; (.g) installation of auto, boat, motorcycle or truck parts accessory to sales of same; (.h) outdoor amusement parks, athletic and sports fields, outdoor swimming pools, and day camps; (.i) penal and correctional institutions (public);_[92]_ (http://www.phila.gov/philacode/html/_DATA/TITLE14/lnx_fn.html#fn150) (.j) retail sale of picture frames, candles, ceramics, leather goods, with accessory making or assembling of same with hand tools only, not to exceed 1,000 square feet in gross floor space._[93]_ (http://www.phila.gov/philacode/html/_DATA/TITLE14/lnx_fn.html#fn151) (d) Car washing establishment, using mechanical equipment for the purpose of washing and/or polishing automobiles and other vehicles; provided, a Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate, as herein provided, is obtained. Such Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate shall only be issued where such use will have on the premises: (1) a waiting area for incoming cars accessible to the entrance end of the washing equipment, of at least 4,000 square feet, and (2) an area beyond the exit end of the washing equipment, of at least 400 square feet, so situated as to be usable for the hand finishing of the washing process; (e) Heliports, provided, a Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate, as herein provided, is obtained; (f) Accessory uses, customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses; provided, that the accessory use does not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor area, and does not include open air storage of materials, equipment or merchandise. (g) An outdoor advertising and/or non-accessory advertising sign as permitted in Chapter 14-1604._[94]_ (http://www.phila.gov/philacode/html/_DATA/TITLE14/lnx_fn.html#fn152) I don't see anything that can be construed as a liquor store. Al Krigman
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