Owner of Nicoles Market Decides Against Court Challenge over Loss of Beer Permit

The owner of Nicole’s Market at 7024 Short Mountain Highway is not going to challenge the county beer board’s decision to revoke her off premises permit.
Areceli Soto had ten days to take the case to court but her attorney, Frank Buck told WJLE Monday that she has decided not to pursue a legal appeal.
Instead, he says Soto may consider moving the business to another location that meets the requirements for a beer permit.
The DeKalb County Beer Board, following a hearing, voted five to nothing on Thursday night October 1st to revoke the off premises permit of Nicoles Market because a survey showed that the store is only 1,439 feet from the Mount Pisgah Free Will Baptist Church, a violation of the county’s distance regulations which prohibits the sale of beer within 2,000 feet of schools, churches, and other places of public gathering.
The store had been selling beer since it was granted a permit by the county beer board in November, 2008.