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Cherokee County staff propose alcohol ordinance and zoning-definition updates; county-sponsored park events likely exempt from park alcohol prohibition
Summary
County planning staff presented proposed changes to the county’s alcohol ordinance and zoning definitions—adding or clarifying definitions for alcohol beverage caterer, convenience and general merchandise stores, farm and non-farm wineries, and brewer provisions—and said the amendments will be heard at a public hearing later the same evening.
County planning staff presented proposed updates to Cherokee County’s alcohol ordinance and corresponding zoning definitions at the March 18 work session, citing a need to align local language with state law and to close definitions gaps for new business types.
Planner (identified in the transcript as Ms. Spade) described the primary changes as: adding an “alcohol beverage caterer” provision (local rules at Section 6-156 to permit licensed retail dealers or restaurants to transport and sell authorized alcoholic beverages off-premises at catered events); defining “convenience store” and “general merchandise store” by gross floor area (10,000 square feet threshold and a 15% limit on floor area devoted to alcohol sales); adding matching winery definitions to distinguish “farm winery” from a “non-farm (regular) winery”; and clarifying…
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