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Pull Up Liquor has city certificate of occupancy; liquor license not yet issued as council, residents press for review
Summary
City staff confirmed Pull Up Liquor received a certificate of occupancy in October 2024 after on-site measurements found it met distance rules; council members, a state representative and neighbors asked for a multi‑agency meeting to review measurement rules and the separate liquor-license process.
Representative Tammy Phelps and local residents raised concerns at the Shreveport City Council meeting about how a business on East 70th Street received a certificate of occupancy in October 2024 despite community questions about proximity to nearby institutions.
The city attorney’s office told the council that two different legal measurement regimes apply to alcohol-related locations: the Unified Development Code (UDC) measures property line to property line, while Chapter 10 of the code of ordinances measures as a person would walk from the premises’ front door to the property line. Attorney Edwards said…
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