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Council creates two community entertainment districts in Westerville; clerk will coordinate liquor-permit process

3220845 · May 6, 2025
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Summary

Ordinances establishing the Uptown and Westar Community Entertainment Districts passed unanimously. Staff said creating a CED does not change zoning; liquor-permit applicants must apply to the Ohio Division of Liquor Control and the local board of elections will determine wet/dry status for contested areas.

Westerville City Council on Tuesday approved two ordinances creating community entertainment districts (CEDs): the Uptown Entertainment District and the Westar Entertainment District.

Under state law, the city’s creation of a CED enables up to specified numbers of special liquor permits within a defined district (eight permits in the proposed Uptown district and up to the statutory limit of 15 permits in the Westar district). Council…

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