If a charitable organization, religious center, restaurant, hotel, hospital, or any other business in Concord wants to open a casino, they can, but the casino must be smaller than the main building of the primary business.
At Monday night’s city council meeting, a zoning ordinance was approved to curb the development of large-scale casinos in Concord. But this regulation would not impact the existing Concord Casino or the proposed 43,000-square-foot casino off of Loudon Road.
“This does prevent a proliferation of casinos in other parts of the city and I think this is a sound measure to move forward,” said Mayor Byron Champlin, supporting the ordinance.
