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Applicant withdraws Vape Vibes beer-and-wine application after Cobb commissioners deadlock
Summary
An application by Vape Vibes LLC for a beer-and-wine package license at 4968 Austell Road drew a March 11 hearing after an administrative denial for proximity to a residence. The county License Review Board had previously recommended a waiver; the Board of Commissioners split 2–2 and the applicant withdrew the application without prejudice.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners on March 11 held a hearing on an alcohol beverage license application for Vape Vibes LLC, doing business as Vape Vibes, at 4968 Austell Road in the shopping center in Mableton. The applicant withdrew the request for a beer-and-wine package license without prejudice after the board deadlocked 2–2 on whether to overturn an earlier administrative denial.
The application had been submitted in August 2024 and administratively denied in September 2024 because the proposed retail entrance was within 300 feet of the nearest residential property line, a distance requirement in Chapter 6 of the Cobb County alcohol code. Alicia Webb, Business License Division manager for Cobb County, testified that the office determines distance by reviewing a certified survey submitted by the applicant and that the denial stemmed from a violation of section 6-1-24. Webb said the applicant had no other disqualifiers on the application.
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