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Council directs staff to pursue code changes to allow brewpubs in activity centers, trim fees and remove redundant bonds
Summary
Council voted 6–0 to direct staff to prepare code and license changes that would expand where brewpubs can locate, reduce duplicate licensing fees for co-located brewery-restaurants, and remove city cash-bond requirements that staff said are redundant with police safeguards.
The Sandy City Council voted unanimously July 15 to ask staff to prepare land-use and licensing code changes to ease openings of “brewpubs” — restaurants that produce beer onsite — in specified commercial and mixed-use areas.
Community Development staff presented a study of state licensing requirements, local zoning constraints and a map showing buffers around community locations (schools, churches, public libraries, playgrounds and parks) that state law exempts from alcohol licenses. Staff recommended permitting brewpubs in neighborhood activity centers and in commercial zones where a restaurant licensed to serve…
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