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Council grants two alcohol retail certificates amid public objections and calls to change distance rule
Summary
Gallatin City Council approved certificates of compliance for MCM Market (1421 Nashville Pike) and Lucky Lotto 1 Inc. (661 West Eastland) on Oct. 21 after public testimony opposing the liquor-store approval and renewed requests to change the city’s retail-liquor spacing rule.
The Gallatin City Council approved two certificates of compliance for alcohol retail on Oct. 21, despite public objections and renewed requests from business owners to change the city’s spacing rule.
The council first addressed an application from MCM Market (1421 Nashville Pike). The applicant, who arrived late to the meeting and asked the council to reconsider after an initial denial for failure to appear, ultimately received a certificate of compliance by voice vote (recorded as 4 yes, 0 no, 2 abstentions). The store’s owner told the council customers had requested packaged-alcohol sales and that nearby competitors already held similar licenses.
Separately, the council…
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