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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Melbourne bookstore to close following single complaint by neighbour

Owners say they’re ‘tired of living in the unknown’ after council finds store breaches zoning laws

The owners of one of the few surviving bookstores in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda say they will be closing the shop after their local council decided the store breached zoning laws – despite the store having already been there for 2.5 years.

A single complaint made to the council by a resident living near to the store in August prompted the council’s decision.

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