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Commission adopts code amendment to allow small-scale alcohol production; High Springs businesses press municipalities on Sunday restrictions
Summary
The commission adopted a Unified Land Development Code amendment to permit small‑scale alcoholic beverage production facilities in the unincorporated county; entrepreneurs and High Springs business owners used the hearing to urge municipal leaders to lift Sunday sales and 51% food‑sales restrictions that limit local tourism revenue.
Alachua County commissioners adopted an amendment to the Unified Land Development Code on March 11 that permits small‑scale alcoholic beverage production facilities in the unincorporated county. The board first convened as the Land Development Regulation Commission, found the change consistent with the county comprehensive plan and then reconvened as the county commission to adopt the ordinance.
County principal planner Chris Olson said the amendment affects only the unincorporated area and “allows a business that produces alcohol, under the quantities that are identified in the code to locate within those jurisdictions and have those…
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