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Council debates liquor‑store hours, seeks ordinance clarifications before vote
Summary
After economic development and public safety committee reviews, councilors discussed ambiguous municipal language on on‑ and off‑premise alcohol sales, committee recommendation for midnight retail hours, and plans to circulate a memo and consult the state Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Highland Park councilors discussed whether to extend retail liquor‑store hours and to clarify decades‑old ordinance language during a council work session; no ordinance change was adopted.
The discussion focused on ambiguities in the borough’s current liquor ordinance, which council members said has not been comprehensively updated since 1991, and on whether the borough should align off‑premise packaged‑goods hours with on‑premise (bar) pouring hours. Council members said the item had been reviewed by both the Public Safety and Economic Development committees and that the committees’ suggested approach would be to allow midnight hours for retail packaged goods while retaining special exceptions for New Year’s Eve.
At the session councilors and staff described three regulatory “buckets” to consider: pure retail packaged‑goods licensees, on‑premise…
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