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Planning commission backs code changes to allow brewpubs in more Sandy zones

5778451 · September 4, 2025
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The Sandy City Planning Commission voted to forward a positive recommendation to city council to amend Title 21 of the Sandy Municipal Code to enable brewpubs (a restaurant-with-brewery model) in additional nonresidential zones, subject to existing state licensing and proximity rules.

The Sandy City Planning Commission voted to forward a positive recommendation to the city council to amend Title 21 of the Sandy Municipal Code to enable brewpubs in more areas of the city.

City staff said the change implements a city-council-initiated direction to allow a restaurant-with-brewery model beyond the Downtown Cairns district, streamline permitting and align local code language with state law. Melissa (staff presenter) told the commission the proposal does not add a separate “brewpub” land-use line; instead it would allow manufacturing brewery licenses in zones where restaurants already may serve alcohol, provided the brewery…

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