Dalton City Council members have agreed to hold a town hall on a proposed update to the city’s alcoholic beverage law.
“One of the things we are focusing on is safety,” said Mayor Annalee Harlan Sams. “But we also have to make changes to our ordinance to comply with state law. and I think it’s helpful if the community understands that some of these (changes) are not up for debate.”
Among the changes:
— Adding a requirement for cameras to be placed at the entrances of bars and stores that sell alcoholic beverages by the package with a phase-in period.
— Requiring establishments other than restaurants that sell alcoholic beverages to use ID scanners.
— Requiring owners and anyone who handles alcoholic beverages at places that sell it for consumption on the premises to undergo training.
The council members plan to have the town hall in the next week or so.
The council members voted 4-0 Monday to approve a $52,607.52 change order to the city’s street resurfacing contract with North Georgia Paving. Sams typically votes only if there is a tie.
Public Works Director Chad Townsend said there were unforeseen deep pavement failures in the northbound lane of Tibbs Road, one of the streets covered by the contract, that need to be repaired.
The council members also voted 4-0 to approve:
— A request by Erik Rojo Aguilar to rezone from heavy manufacturing to high-density residential 0.21 of an acre at 204 E. Matilda St. to build a duplex.
— A request by Todd Phillips to rezone from medium-density residential to high-density residential 1.29 acres on Main Street to build workforce housing.
— A request by John Suttles to rezone from heavy manufacturing to rural residential 0.7 of an acre on New Doris Street to create single-family houses.
— A request by Jose Eduardo Franco Alejandre to annex 0.17 of an acre at 1236 Frazier Drive into the city as medium-density, single-family residential.