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Chamblee attorney outlines wide-ranging alcohol code overhaul; staff asks council to extend moratorium 30 days
Summary
City attorney Scott walked the council through proposed, comprehensive amendments to Chamblee's Chapter 6 alcohol code—covering application standards, appeals cost-sharing, on-site manager requirements, treatment of consumable hemp beverages, and a new packaged-liquor closure window—while staff requested a 30-day extension of the moratorium on new alcohol licenses to allow the city to finalize ordinance language and paperwork.
ChambleeCity Attorney Scott presented a comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 6 of the cityalcohol code Tuesday, saying the draft consolidates application and denial standards, clarifies grounds for revocation, and imposes modest cost-sharing for license appeals.
"We're trying to consolidate and clarify application requirements and denial grounds and put them more or less in one location," Scott told the council, outlining an intent to shorten appeal timelines and to reduce situations in which the city bears most appeal costs. He said the draft also removes outdated residency restrictions and revises suspension procedures in favor of graduated, clearer sanctions.
The draft addresses new product categories and operational gaps. Scott said the ordinance would explicitly…
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