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# City Council limits Third Street Promenade storefronts to 50 feet wide
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/101303-story/
- Published: 2003-10-13T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:05:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Promenade, #archive-import

Last month the City Council passed a law that limits storefronts to 50 feet wide on the Third Street Promenade in an effort to thwart more retail chain stores from entering the market.

> “Do you think the Promenade is too homogenized? Will limiting store-fronts fix the perceived problem?” — So this week Q-Line wants to know

Many believe there aren’t enough locally-owned businesses here. So by limiting new stores to 50 feet, some corporations will shy away from the busy outdoor mall, some say.

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 13, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101303.pdf?ref=smdp.com)