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Council approves Dollar General special-use permit for alcohol sales; council asks city to notify school district
Summary
Council approved a special-use permit allowing a Dollar General store to seek a TABC off-premise malt and wine permit; council amended approval to direct staff to notify the Alpine Independent School District before the applicant applies to the state.
Alpine City Council approved a special-use permit allowing Dollar General store number 24666 to apply to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a wine-and-malt off-premise retail permit at 1911 N. State Highway 118, and the council directed city staff to notify Alpine Independent School District of the action.
Catherine Chamblee, who said she represents Dolgin Corp of Texas Inc., the applicant’s representative, joined the meeting by web and told council that Dollar General was available to answer questions. The store is in a zoning district classified as C2 business; if the council approves the special-use permit the applicant may then apply to the TABC for the license.
City staff clarified the sequence required by state law: the municipality considers the local permit request and, where the property is within certain distances of schools or other protected uses, state notice or protest rights apply. Legal counsel and staff advised the council that municipalities must follow the statutory notice rules and that schools may file a protest to TABC after receiving notice. To ensure the district has the opportunity to review, councilmember Gio (first name not used in the record) moved and council adopted an amendment directing staff to notify Alpine ISD before the applicant files at the state level.
The amendment to notify the school passed unanimously; the amended motion to approve the special-use permit passed with four council members voting in favor and one absent or not recorded in the roll call. The council’s action does not itself issue a state liquor license — that approval remains with TABC, and the district retains the right to protest under state law after receiving notice.
City staff said they will deliver formal notice to Alpine ISD as directed, and the applicant will proceed with the TABC process if the state application is filed.
