LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence officials have repealed a restriction on alcohol sales that dates back to Prohibition.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the ordinance restricted alcohol sales within 400 feet of a school or church. The rules had rarely been enforced in recent years, but getting around them required city leaders to go through a time-consuming review process each time a request for a waiver was made.
On Tuesday, the City Commission finally struck the provision. City Clerk Sherri Riedemann says the restrictions concept dates back to the end of alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
