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Committee advances minor cleanup to liquor-license distance rule; adds "dispense or giveaway" language

5604476 · July 9, 2025
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Summary

The Lee’s Summit Economic Development Committee voted to advance to council a technical amendment to the city code that inserts the words “dispense or giveaway” into the section governing liquor licenses near schools and churches.

The Lee’s Summit Economic Development Committee voted to advance to council an ordinance amending Chapter 4, Article 1, Section 4-13 of the city code on issuance of liquor licenses near schools and churches.

Major Walters, Police Department, told the committee the change is “language cleanup for subsection B so that it mirrors subsection A, adding dispense or giveaway.” The chair moved and the committee approved the measure on a roll call vote to send it to full council for consideration.

The proposal prompted public comment from resident Cinda Raider,…

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