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Council tables ordinance-cleanup on liquor licensing after heated debate over 100–300-foot rule
Summary
After a lengthy council debate on Aug. 4, Lee's Summit councilors voted to table a proposed change that would ban liquor licenses within 300 feet of churches or schools and sent the issue to the Community and Economic Development Committee for further study.
The Lee's Summit City Council on Aug. 4 held an extended debate on whether to tighten city liquor-license rules that govern how close a retailer may be to a church or school. Council ultimately voted to table the matter and send it back to the Community and Economic Development Committee (CEDC) for further study.
Council member Rader proposed substitute language that would make it unlawful to sell, dispense or give away alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of any church, school or building regularly used for religious worship. Rader said the change…
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