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Lee's Summit Council reverses police denial and approves Galaxy Liquor license 6'3

City of Lee's Summit City Council · June 10, 2025
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Summary

After a public hearing on proximity rules, the City Council voted 6'3 to reverse the police chief's denial and approve a liquor license for Galaxy Operations LLC at 150 NE Tudor, finding the site zoned for retail but within the 100'300-foot church buffer that requires council review.

The Lee's Summit City Council voted 6'3 to approve a liquor license for Galaxy Operations LLC, DBA Galaxy Liquor, for a proposed store at 150 Northeast Tudor.

The vote followed a public hearing in which Chief Travis Forbes, the city's director of liquor control, said he had denied the application under city ordinance section 4.13(b) (chapter 4) because the proposed location falls within the 100'300-foot buffer measured point-to-point from Deerbrook Church. Chief Forbes told the council that licenses located within that buffer require council consideration rather than administrative approval.

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