Staff, with assistance from the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce, reached out to existing retail establishments, the liquor stores and their owners, and Chamber members, to determine the level of interest in making changes to the city’s code to more closely resemble the state statutes, Hurtado said. In total, 249 surveys were received, and of those 76% were interested in allowing Sunday sales except for Easter Sunday, 88% were interested in allowing sales on Memorial Day, 88% were interested in allowing sales on Labor Day and 87% were interested in allowing sales on Independence Day. The proposed ordinance change would allow for sales on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day, Hurtado said. A separate ordinance would have to be drafted by city staff if the commission wanted to allow liquor sales on Sunday.
Source: Garden City Telegram
