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Committee recommends repealing obsolete municipal code language on Class B and Class C license qualifications to align with state law

2108964 · January 13, 2025
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Summary

Committee members recommended the Common Council repeal portions of Municipal Code sections that required restaurant status and revenue calculations for Class B and Class C retail alcohol licenses, saying state law now preempts those local provisions and the local provisions are difficult to enforce.

The Waukesha Ordinance and Licensing Committee on Monday voted unanimously to recommend that the Common Council repeal obsolete municipal code language that required restaurant status and revenue calculations to qualify for certain Class B (beer-only) and Class C (wine) retail alcohol beverage licenses.

Brian, the city attorney, told the committee that state statute has…

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