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Board begins policy review on annexation, capped licenses and conditional approvals
Summary
Staff briefed the board on complications when businesses with county licenses are annexed into Fargo, including caps tied to population and possible conditional licensing; board agreed to hold a working meeting with industry stakeholders.
Fargo Liquor Control staff initiated a policy discussion on how annexation affects liquor licenses and what procedures the city should use when an existing licensed business is brought into city limits.
Steve told the board a common scenario is a developer seeking to build a gas station and convenience store with an off-sale bottle shop on land outside the city that could later be annexed. "If they have a license and they come into the city, and now we don't have a license available, what do we do with that business?" Steve asked, summarizing the problem and noting Fargo ties the number of capped licenses…
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