EATERY PROPOSES BEER, WINE HOME DELIVERY

Encinitas planners say request may result in new standards for restaurants

A proposal to allow a Cardiff pizza place to offer home deliveries of beer or wine along with people’s boxes of pizza is going to require a bit more review given that this could be a first for Encinitas, the city’s Planning Commission

decided Thursday.

Among other things, the city’s going to need to look into setting some standards on how much alcohol can be delivered, who’s going to be allowed to do the drop-offs and where the permitted delivery locations might be, commissioners said. They decided to hold off on voting on the proposal until their March 19 meeting to allow city planners time to draft some proposed standards.

“This is all new to us,” said Chairman Glenn O’grady, who has been a city planning commissioner for a decade and was stepping down from the board at the end of the meeting.

Commissioner Kevin Doyle said it’s the commission’s job to look beyond a single request by one applicant and consider the long-term effects of allowing alcohol with pizza deliveries.

“I’m concerned about this once we open the floodgates ... it’s got ramifications citywide,” he said.

Mikey Lukich, who has owned East Coast Pizza in the Cardiff Towne Center on San Elijo Avenue