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Clarksville council issues 11 liquor‑store certificates after public lottery, removes one application
Summary
City Council drew 11 winners in a public lottery for retail liquor‑store certificates of compliance, adopted a resolution confirming the list, and set aside one applicant after the clerk and staff determined that application was ineligible under city code distance and prior‑approval rules.
Clarksville City Council on first reading issued 11 certificates of compliance for retail liquor stores after a public lottery at the July council meeting, and set aside one application that staff said should not have been in the drawing.
The lottery filled 11 of the city’s available retail liquor‑store slots under a city ordinance that limits liquor stores by population and by distance from parks, schools, religious institutions and other liquor stores. City staff and the court clerk ran criminal‑background and zoning checks before the drawing and used an opaque container to select names publicly.
City attorney Barrett Bittner explained the process and told the council that one applicant—Corks and Cups at 1001 Creek Way—“should have been removed from the drawing” because a prior certificate for that same address had been issued on…
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