Red Boiling Springs held its monthly city meeting last Thursday night, looking to clear up confusion over when beer sales are allowed in town.
鈥淲e found out that there was sales of beer in town from 12 to 12,鈥 said RBS Mayor Kenneth Hollis. 鈥淲hen Maynard (RBS chief of police) looked into it, we found that it is actually 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. I was told that it had been changed, but we went back and looked into everything pertaining to it and found that it was never changed and that it is still 1-6 p.m. They may have talked about it, but it never happened. We put it at 1-6 p.m., that鈥檚 what the law is, and we have to go by that. They want it to eventually be changed, and I told them that for now it has to remain at what the law says, and I think that鈥檚 fair. That鈥檚 basically what everybody else is on. We need Brandon (city attorney) to change the verbiage, and you all need to give that approval for him to go ahead. It reads two ways. One that you can sell 1-6 p.m., and it reads that you can鈥檛 sell 1-6 p.m., but any other time you can. The verbiage just needs to be cleaned up to avoid any further confusion.鈥
The city council voted to give the attorney the go ahead to change the verbiage to read sales of beer on Sunday 1-6 p.m. only.
The Christmas breakfast for the council is set for Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 9 a.m.
The city employee Christmas bonuses were set at $200 for full-time, and $100 for part-time employees.
Rita Watson with the Planning Commission appeared at the meeting to ask permission to draft a letter to be sent to property owners within an area to inform them that they own property within an historic district, and that certain rules apply when it comes to building and or improvements.
鈥淚鈥檇 like to send a second letter with a map to realtors as well,鈥 said Watson. 鈥淭hat way, they would be aware of where the district is and that if they buy or sell in that district, they need to notify the buyer and the seller that the property is in that district and there may be stipulations regarding the property. That would prevent someone from buying an empty lot within the district and putting up a super modern-looking house in the historic district. We just want them to be aware ahead of time to avoid any confusion.鈥
Hollis agreed that Watson鈥檚 idea was a good one in order to give residents and property owners information they need in order to properly seek permission for certain projects within the historic zone.
The council voted in favor of giving Watson permission draft and send her letters.
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