Groves council streamlines alcohol permitting, removes church-specific buffer in Chapter 4 amendment
The Groves City Council approved Ordinance 2025-2 on Jan. 27, 2025, amending Chapter 4 (Alcoholic Beverages) to eliminate a local metes-and-bounds requirement and remove a church-specific distance reference while keeping 300-foot buffers for schools and hospitals; staff said the change shortens permitting time and reduces costs for applicants.
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Groves City Council voted Jan. 27, 2025, to approve Ordinance 2025-2, amending Chapter 4 (Alcoholic Beverages) of the city code to remove a locally required metes-and-bounds description for alcohol-permit applicants and to delete language singling out churches in the ordinance’s headings and measurement text.
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