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- URL: https://www.smdp.com/101603-story/
- Published: 2003-10-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:06:17.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, 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.

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.

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

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 16, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101603.pdf?ref=smdp.com)