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Council committee narrows liquor-store rules; removes restaurants from new restrictions
Summary
The Land Use & Zoning Committee on May 20 approved ordinance 2025-0255 to require zoning exceptions for packaged liquor stores in the CCG2 district and to increase the buffer between packaged liquor stores and churches or schools from 500 feet to 1,500 feet; the committee amended the bill to exclude restaurants and similar COP-license holders.
The Land Use & Zoning Committee on May 20 approved ordinance 2025-0255 to tighten city regulation of packaged liquor stores in commercial districts. The ordinance removes packaged liquor stores as a permitted use in the CCG2 district so they would require a zoning exception, increases the minimum distance between a packaged-liquor location and a church or school from 500 feet to 1,500 feet, and leaves in place Department-proposed language removing an original 3,500-foot separation requirement between two packaged-liquor locations.
The ordinance also creates a public hearing opportunity: under the change, establishments seeking approval for off-premises liquor sales within the affected zoning districts will require a zoning…
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