CASE NUMBER: PZ 23 -025
APPLICANT: Cellar Bold and Distillery, Morounfolu "Tona" Awotona.
VARIANCE REQUEST: To vary distance from certain locations, per code of ordinances Sec. 3-120, for Alcohol License distance separation requirements, for distillery and tasting room.
LOCATION: 3180 Florence Road SW, Ste 105
ZONING: LI ACRES: 6 ac PIN: 19067500020
Staff Recommendation: Approval.
BACKGROUND: The City of Powder Springs Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-120, provides that, for a license for a distillery and spirituous pouring, a suitable distance is six hundred (600) feet from a school, and three hundred (300) feet from a church or residence; provided that the distance from a church or residence shall be waived when the applicant is a grocery store. Additionally, the distance requirements for manufacturing is as follows: For a license for wholesale, or for a license for manufacture, a suitable distance is six hundred (600) feet from a school, church or residence.
Cellar Bold and Distillery proposes to operate a boutique distillery and tasting room within adjacent units at the warehouse suites located at 3180 Florence Road.
The proposed location is within 300-feet of the nearest property line of a detached single-family home. The residence located at 3050 Hopeland Drive is 192-feet from the proposed location, which requires Variance Approval from City Council.
The code of ordinances defines distance as, the measure in lineal feet of the most direct route of travel on the ground by a pedestrian from the center of the nearest door of customer entry of the proposed license premises to the nearest property line of the church, school, park, public building, library, or residence. Such travel shall be measured as a straight line from the customer door to the property line and is not required to follow a line running along the nearest sidewalk or street route; provided that, when a straight line of travel would not be a customary and reasonable ...
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