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Committee allows candle-making businesses to serve wine, expanding existing exemptions

5429439 · July 18, 2025
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The Licenses Committee voted to amend municipal rules to allow candle-making businesses to apply for and serve wine on licensed premises (File No. 250542), aligning them with other small-activity exemptions such as painting studios and nail salons.

The Milwaukee Licenses Committee on June 27 approved an ordinance (File No. 250542) to broaden the city's list of businesses that may hold a Class B wine license by adding candle-making businesses to the existing set of exemptions.

Alderman Westmoreland, appearing virtually, told the committee the change is "a simple straightforward change" to remove candle making businesses from the list of prohibited business types for a Class B wine license. "That's the extent of the change being proposed here,"…

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