No license for the sale of liquors on any lot where there is not a saloon in operation at the time of application for the license shall be issued or granted, except upon petition and written consent of the owners of more than ½ of the lots in the half block in which the lot is situated, or if the place described in the application is not a part of a regularly numbered block, then upon petition and written consent of the owners of more than ½ of the property in the square or other subdivision in which the same is situated; and no license shall be granted for the sale of liquors within 1 block or square of any church, public library or public school, nor in any purely residence district.
(Ord. 33, passed 12-14-1908)