Politics & Government
Liquor-By-The-Drink Ordinance Scheduled To Get First Reading By Oconee County Board Of Commissioners Tuesday Night
The Commissioners passed up earlier chances to discuss changes in the county's alcohol licensing laws.
Liquor-by-the-drink legislation is now on a fast track, with the Oconee County Board of Commissioners scheduled to give the ordinance its first reading on Tuesday night and approve the law on Jan. 6.
County Clerk Jane Greathouse released the agendas for both meetings just before 4:30 on Friday, and the county web site contains a notice of the meetings and a draft of the ordinance commissioners will consider.
That ordinance incorporates the previously separate provisions of the county’s liquor law for recreational clubs, but it is otherwise unchanged from the ordinance County Attorney Daniel Haygood drafted for the commissioners in July.
Oconee County voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum authorizing the BOC to pass a liquor-by-the-drink ordinance on Nov. 4, meaning that the commissioners could have taken up the issue at their meetings on Nov. 11, Nov. 25 or Dec. 2 rather than wait until now to take action.
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Pictured: Cheddar’s restaurant under construction at Epps Bridge Centre.