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Board approves transfer of PLCB license R10115 to Your Place Country Inns
Summary
After a formal hearing, the East Lampeter Township Board of Supervisors voted to transfer Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board license R10115 to Your Place Country Inns; the applicant said the move is driven by a pending hotel sale and will not increase the township's total active licenses.
The East Lampeter Township Board of Supervisors on March 2 approved a resolution to transfer Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) license R10115 into the township for use by Your Place Country Inns.
The license transfer was presented by applicant counsel Aaron Zemer, who told the board the change is prompted by a pending sale of the hotel portion of the property and by PLCB rules that would require the hotel license to be surrendered if management changes. "This is not an effort to increase the amount of alcohol sales or the number of licenses in the township," Zemer said, explaining the applicant will surrender the hotel license to the PLCB and relocate a restaurant license from the Revere Tavern to the Lincoln Highway site.
The applicant's witness, Chris Domo of Domo's Hotel Management, described the proposed parcel split: the restaurant, sports club and a food production facility would remain under his family's control while the hotel buildings are being sold to an outside buyer. Domo said the restaurant serves largely American/Italian fare, has about 100 seats and that alcohol accounts for roughly 30% of sales. He said staff complete required RAMP alcohol‑service training and that the operation does not have a history of PLCB nuisance‑bar actions or repeated neighbor complaints.
Township counsel and applicant counsel said condominium documents will record unit boundaries and cross‑easements so parking and other common elements remain shared where appropriate. The applicant also submitted PLCB licensing spreadsheets and a comparison to a 2015 township resolution on license concentration to show the transfer will not expand the township's active license count.
A brief public commenter, identified in the record as Robert Kaffold, spoke in support of the longstanding business. After a short executive‑session discussion for legal matters, the board closed the hearing and moved to adopt the transfer resolution. The chair called for the ayes and the motion carried.
What happens next: the resolution authorizes the township's action to record its decision; the PLCB and the parties will complete any additional administrative steps required by state regulations. The applicant noted the board could have delayed a final decision until March 16 but the board decided to act at the March 2 meeting.
Sources: testimony and exhibits presented at the March 2 hearing and the board vote on the resolution.
