Omaha council approves three liquor licenses, delays three others amid neighborhood conditions

The Omaha City Council on an unspecified date approved three liquor licenses and postponed action on three others while seeking more engagement between applicants and neighborhoods.

Council members voted 7-0 to approve a Class C liquor license for Burrito Envy and Tequila Bar (6113 Maple Street) and a Class C liquor license for Godega Market (1917 South 60th Street, Suite 120). After negotiations with neighbors, the council also approved a Class A liquor license for a Y Family convenience store (7102 North 30th Street) with added conditions limiting single-container sizes and waiving a procedural rule to allow the amendment.

The approvals followed public testimony and, in the case of the Y Family store, a series of meetings between the applicant and the neighborhood association. Attorney Peng Li, representing the Y Family applicant, told the council the applicant had signed a written parking agreement and had agreed with neighborhood requests on the size of alcoholic containers to be sold. Peng Li said the store would limit sales to beer in containers of 24 ounces or larger and spirits in containers of 200 milliliters or larger, and that roughly 35% of…