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Alderman Boyd’s revised liquor moratorium for expanded ward wins committee support
Summary
The Public Safety Committee voted to send Board Bill 52 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation after Alderman Boyd presented a narrower liquor moratorium targeted to commercial corridors in an expanded ward; sit-down restaurants would be allowed to serve alcohol under the revision.
Alderman Boyd, a member of the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen, told the Public Safety Committee that Board Bill 52 would replace a blanket moratorium in an expanded ward with a narrower, corridor-focused moratorium meant to protect residential areas while allowing restaurants and other commercial uses to operate.
The change matters because ward boundary changes left parts of the ward where a blanket moratorium would have blocked new businesses from opening,…
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