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City extends ban on alcohol applications
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Critics raise Cain over latest plans for redistricting attendance zones
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council extended a moratorium prohibiting new alcohol license applications for another seven weeks until it can finalize a new alcohol ordinance. At their Oct. 3 meeting, council members considered recommendations from the city Planning Commission that would tighten restrictions on businesses that draw a large share of their revenues from the sale and consumption of alcohol on their premises. Residents packed City Council Chambers, most in protest of further alcohol restrictions. The moratorium was enacted late last year to give city staff and the City Council sufficient time to establish alcohol-based land use and alcohol licensure entitlements, City Attorney Ken Jarrard said. The council has extended the moratorium twice since then, and it was set to expire Oct. 4. Milton currently uses the state alcohol code as a guide, which limits production in brewpubs to 10,000 barrels. Meanwhile, the state code has no barrel limitation on breweries or distilleries, whereas microbreweries and microdistilleries have a 15,000-barrel limitation. But, the Milton Planning Commission has recommended changes to the definitions for brewpubs, breweries and distilleries, which would further restrict those busi-
See COUNCIL, Page 7
By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com
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More than two dozen Billy Allen’s supporters turned out Oct. 3 to let City Council members know they supported keeping the entertainment venue operating. Billy Allen’s was given a licensure exception last year allowing it a 70-30 alcohol-food ratio and to remain open until 2 a.m.
ATLANTA — Parents who thought the redistricting of school enrollment zones would result in minor adjustments for area schools were in for a surprise when draft maps were revealed last week. Community expectations at the Oct. 3 redistricting meeting were focused on adjusting enrollment imbalances in the Windward-area elementary schools in Alpharetta and filling the new Crabapple Middle School in Roswell. What they saw were three draft maps with changes to attendance and feeder alignments affecting nearly every school in North Fulton, from elementary to high schools. “I think there is chaos being represented [on the maps],” said Martine Zurinskas, co-president of the Alpharetta High School PTSA and a resident of the Windward commu-
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