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Lubbock City Council denies two alcohol-variance requests near school property
Summary
The City Council unanimously rejected two requests for 300-foot variances to allow wine-and-beer retail sales near school property, after hearing Lubbock ISD concerns and business-owner appeals.
The Lubbock City Council on Feb. 11 unanimously denied two requests for variances from the city’s 300-foot minimum-distance rule that would have allowed beer-and-wine retail sales within close proximity of a Lubbock Independent School District facility.
The requests concerned two separate locations: Lucky Mart 1 at 1550 30 Fourth Street (agenda item 6.6) and UN2 Mart No. 5 at 3311 Avenue Q (agenda item 6.7). Both variance petitions sought exceptions to City of Lubbock ordinance 2009-000060, which sets a 300-foot buffer between certain alcohol sales and school property. The council voted down the first request after discussion and later disapproved the second request by a voice vote.
Why it matters: Lubbock ISD officials told the council the variances would…
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