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The state liquor board should approve a license at a golf resort and spa in Gold Canyon, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors recommended recently.
The board in a unanimous vote on a Dec. 16 consent agenda with other items approved a recommendation the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control grant the request.
Andrea Dahlman Lewkowitz is seeking an owner-transfer interim permit for a series 6 bar license for Gold Canyon Golf Resort and Spa, 6100 S. Kings Ranch Road in Gold Canyon.
Areas where alcohol is to be served include the restaurant, bar and grill, pool area, ledge patio, pavilion, snack shop No. 1, wedding venue, towne hall and the snack shop on the Dinosaur Mountain golf course, according to the application.
“This establishment has been inspected for the minimum life safety requirements of the Pinal County building code ordinance and the requirements have been met,” Interim Building Official Dale Garcia said in a memo to Natasha Kennedy, clerk of the board of supervisors. “We therefore recommend approval of the liquor license application.”
Land zoning for the property allows a bar, cocktail lounge, night club and tavern use, Interim Community Development Director Lester Chow said in a memo to Ms. Kennedy.
“(A)nd since this is an established golf course sports bar/grill, zoning can recommend the series 6 bar liquor license. Approval is recommended,” Mr. Chow said.
A school and a church are near the business. They are Peralta Trail Elementary School, 10965 E. Peralta Road in Gold Canyon; and Church of Christ, 5821 S. Camino Fuego in Gold Canyon, according to the license application.
Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia, Inc.. USA, since 1987.
Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
He also is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows
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