Public to vote on Ketchikan jewelry stores

In October voters in Ketchikan will determine whether the location of future jewelry stores should be limited.

Borough Clerk Harriett Edwards certified a ballot petition yesterday (Friday) to put the issue on the Oct. 2 municipal ballot.

The initiative calls for prohibiting future jewelry stores from locating within 200 feet of each other.

The rule would not apply to existing jewelry stores that do not close for more than eight consecutive months.

The initiative defines a jewelry store as a business that has jewelry in more than 40% of its display area.

Petition sponsors say the downtown area is congested with jewelry stores and there needs to be more merchant diversity.
Source: ktuu