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Select Board approves Green Indoor Golf liquor renewal; tables Jellystone Park Camp renewal pending floor plan and clarification
Summary
The Town of Wayne Select Board approved a liquor license renewal for Green Indoor Golf and tabled a renewal for Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp after finding the state application incomplete.
The Town of Wayne Select Board approved a liquor license renewal for Green Indoor Golf at its March 18 meeting. The board opened the public hearing, received no substantive public comment and voted to approve the renewal.
A separate application from Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp prompted more extensive questions. Board members, including Betsy and others, said the packet the town received from the state did not include a premises floor plan showing where alcohol would be served, and the application's responses were ambiguous about whether the camp planned on-premises consumption or only off-premises sales. One board member noted that prior renewed licenses had included a clear facility overlay identifying on-premises service areas such as the ranger station or beach.
The town manager confirmed the state sent the application packet directly to the town's office. Because the record was incomplete in the town's files, the Select Board voted to table action on the Jellystone Park Camp application and to reconvene the public hearing at the next regular meeting so staff can obtain the missing premises floor plan and clarify whether the applicant seeks on-premises consumption. Board members noted the state's statutory timeframe for municipal action; if the town does not act within the statutory deadline, the state may deem the application approved. The board directed staff to contact the applicant and the state to gather the missing documentation and to publish the reconvened hearing notice.
Why it matters: liquor-license renewals require a clear description of the premises and proposed forms of service because on-premises and off-premises permits are treated differently by the state and can affect public-safety and land-use considerations in park and beachfront areas.
Ending: The board will reconvene the public hearing on the Jellystone application at the April 1 meeting after staff collects a premises floor plan and clarifies the scope of service; meanwhile the Green Indoor Golf renewal was approved.
