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Dawson County staff unveil proposed code changes for alcohol, business licensing, street naming and land-use buffers
Summary
Community Development presented draft amendments including new alcohol-license restrictions (local agent requirement, felony and DUI disqualifications), increasing package-store separation to two miles and capping package-store licenses at eight, clarifying home-occupation rules and lake buffer adjustments (50-foot standard; 25-foot exception for Lake Lanier). Planning Commission recommended approval and a public hearing is scheduled for March 19.
Community Development Director Richard Osborne told the board he and staff worked with multiple departments, the planning manager and citizens to draft text amendments to the county code covering Chapter 6 (alcohol), Chapter 30 (business licenses), Chapter 42 (street naming and numbering) and Chapter 121 (land use).
On alcohol, Osborne said staff recommends confirming that each licensee must have a local agent who resides in Dawson County or a touching adjoining county; the draft would allow denial of an alcohol license if the applicant was…
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