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Antioch trustees agree to consider new pouring license for Class D gas stations after owners warn of closures
Summary
After local gas station owners told the village their fuel volumes dropped sharply and underground tank upgrades could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, trustees voted to place a text amendment allowing a new class of pouring (liquor) license for Class D gas stations on a future agenda for ordinance drafting.
Antioch trustees agreed to put a draft ordinance on a future agenda to create a new class of pouring license for Class D gas stations after several station owners described steep revenue losses and looming compliance costs.
At a committee of the whole meeting, Sam Thorney, owner of a Shell station, said state fuel taxes and competition across the border have “hurt” local volume and requested the village consider a pouring license so gaming revenue could help stations survive. “Because of…
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