Bar licenses have always been a limited quantity, doled out by an arbitrary population quota of one license per 10,200 people. But a new problem has emerged: restaurant licenses are now in limited supply.
At Tuesday's meeting of the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission, restaurants were warned they were running out of licenses.
"There’s just a great explosion of the economy here in Utah. We’re so lucky, so many people have moved in from out of state. We have this demand," Corigliano said. "Legislative statute doesn’t allow any more room. We’re here. We’ve hit the wall," DABS Commission Chair Juliette Tennert said. Ryan has been waiting for months for licenses for his businesses. The DABS has taken to triaging who can get a license by ensuring a business is ready to open once they get awarded one. That requires businesses to spend thousands on equipment, rent and employees with no guarantee that they'll get a license right away.
"It better serves the taxpayers and business owners, I think, to have their current position. But I think a better fix would be if you're a qualified applicant and you meet all the statutory requirements of holding a bar license? That you get one and we just need to fix that at the legislative level," he said.
Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, who is tasked with liquor bills for the Utah State Senate's GOP majority, told FOX 13 News it will likely be in an omnibus bill in the upcoming legislative session. That bill will also address issues like wine storage, internal DABS operations and other issues stakeholders bring to lawmakers.Sen. Stevenson said it was possible they rework existing licenses now to free up some to deal with the most-pressing issues.
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