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Laramie City Council adds resort-hotel liquor license to code, approves Horse Palace bar-and-grill permit
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On June 17 the Laramie City Council voted 8-0 to add a new resort-hotel liquor license category to the Laramie Municipal Code and to approve a bar-and-grill liquor license for Wyoming Horse Racing LLC DBA Horse Palace at 416 South Third Street.
The Laramie City Council voted 8-0 on June 17 to add a resort-hotel liquor license category to Laramie Municipal Code Chapter 5.09 and to approve a new bar-and-grill liquor license for Wyoming Horse Racing LLC, doing business as Horse Palace, at 416 South Third Street.
Under the ordinance the council passed on second reading, the new license is similar to an existing resort liquor license but requires fewer rooms and a lower total valuation. The council noted the change follows the Wyoming Legislature's passage of Senate File 0042 earlier this year. City staff said the Horse Palace is under construction and plans to open in July; the license vote was 8-0.
City officials held two public hearings on the ordinance and the Horse Palace application; no public comments were received at either hearing. The ordinance passed second reading and is scheduled to return to the council for third and final reading at the July 1 regular meeting. The Horse Palace license was approved at the June 17 meeting and does not require further council action to take effect unless otherwise specified by the municipal code or the conditions of the license.
The June 17 meeting also approved a consent agenda and several other items by an 8-0 vote, including budget amendments for Parks and Recreation and a resolution to amend the budget related to the Spring Creek flood plan update, appointment resolutions, a professional services agreement for a Third Street Gateway project, an MOU with Albany County for ambulance services, and other routine items. Those matters were listed on the meeting recap but were not the subject of extended discussion during the public hearings on liquor licensing.
The council will consider final adoption of Ordinance No. 2106 (the LMC 5.09 amendment adding the resort-hotel liquor license) at its July 1 meeting. If adopted, the change will formally add the new license category to the municipal code, aligning local code with the state-level change enacted by Senate File 0042.
