§ 8-3-23. Location restrictions.

A.

No license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of any school, hospital, home for aged or indigent persons or for veterans, their wives or children, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to hotels offering restaurant service, regularly organized clubs, or to restaurants, food shops or other places where alcoholic liquors were sold but were not the principal business carried on, if such place of business so exempted shall have been established for such purposes prior to the taking effect of this Code.

B.

When an application for license is received by the Liquor Commission for a location not presently the address of a holder of a liquor license, the Commission shall cause a notice that application has been made for such license stating the name of the applicant and location of the premises covered by said application. Said notice shall state the time and place of a hearing by the Liquor Commission and notify all persons that any objection to the granting of said license shall be made to the Liquor Commission, in writing, signed by the objector stating specifically the grounds of his objection or in person at the hearing. Such notice shall be continuously posted on the premises covered by the application for at least seven (7) days prior to said hearing. The applicant shall present sworn written confirmation of the posting of the notice at said hearing.

(Ord. No. 4238-2011, § 3(Exh. A), 5-2-11; Ord. No. 4251-2011, § 6, 6-27-11)