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Council denies SJ’s Liquor & Vape license, approves three other alcohol permits
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Lincoln City Council unanimously denied an on-sale liquor and vape application for SJ’s Liquor and Vape and approved three other alcohol-related applications, including an outdoor area expansion for Zipline Brewing and a special-event permit for Kincaid Brewing’s Oktoberfest.
The Lincoln City Council on Sept. 8 voted 7-0 to deny an application from SJ’s Liquor and Vape LLC for a class C liquor license and the related manager application and, in the same meeting, unanimously approved three other liquor-related items on the agenda.
Council members discussed the absent SJ’s applicant and expressed concerns about managing on-site consumption of both alcohol and vape products in closely connected retail spaces. Councilwoman Washington said she was concerned about customers mistakenly using vape products in spaces intended for on-site alcohol consumption and asked how the business would manage that risk. City attorney Christie told the council that the Nebraska Liquor Commission had already signaled a forthcoming show-cause hearing and that the city could forward questions to that hearing regardless of today’s action. Washington said she wanted the council’s…
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