An amendment to city policy aims to assist restaurants and encourage more business by allowing downtown restaurants located within 300 feet of a church to begin serving alcoholic beverages.
City Council unanimously approved the amendment to the Code of Ordinances at its June 26 meeting. The change allows restaurants located in the original Downtown Overlay District to serve alcoholic beverages without seeking individual variances from the City Council
“If we’re going to continue the growth of downtown and be able to get the businesses to come in and restore those buildings we need to get the restaurants in,” Mayor Scott Cain said. “This is an area we’ve been focused on growing and instead of doing it piecemeal it makes more sense to take that district and really focus on our vision as a council.”
