Hoboken’s 500-foot rule now includes exemptions

HOBOKEN – On Wednesday, the Hoboken City Council approved an ordinance which amended the city’s longstanding 500-foot rule.
The 500-foot rule does not allow owners of a plenary retail consumption license to open establishments within 500 feet of each other.
The now amended ordinance includes exemption areas in Hoboken where liquor license owners may open closer to one another. These areas include several redevelopment zones the Central Business District, Third Ward, and portions of the First Ward.
These areas of exemption are limited by a specific amount of licenses allowed in each area. Officials said the exemptions will not increase the current number of liquor licenses.
The highest amount is 25 plenary retail consumption licenses in the Central Business District and the lowest amount is three plenary retail consumption licenses in the Neumann Leathers Redevelopment Area.
For more information, check out this week,s edition of the Hoboken Reporter.