City Limits Expansion Puts Roadhouse Out of Luck
Annexation of Hunts Prairie forces the county to strip a liquor license from a popular roadhouse.
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Owing to the state law which forbids the maintenance of a roadhouse within one mile of an incorporated city, the county commissioners today refused to renew the liquor license for the Seven Mile house, south of South Tacoma. When the license was granted last year, the Seven Mile house was more than a mile outside the city, but since the annexation of Hunts Prairie to Tacoma, it is within one-half mile of the limits. Frank Schietz, owner of the road house, will probably pick up his little saloon and take it half a mile farther from town so as to be able to get his license.
“Frank Schietz, owner of the road house, will probably pick up his little saloon and take it half a mile farther from town so as to be able to get his license.”
Zoning laws and municipal boundaries have always been powerful tools for regulating nightlife and commerce in Tacoma. This story highlights the perennial tension between city expansion and the established businesses operating on the fringe.
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