(A) Licensed premises relocation. A licensee that changes their location must re-apply and obtain a new license as well as one or more riders if desired, at the new location. There shall be no prorated refund of the license and/or rider fees for the prior location or the new location.
(B) Location restrictions. No license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcohol within 100 feet of any: church; school (other than an institution of higher learning); hospital; home for aged or indigent persons; or any military station. This restriction shall neither apply to nor bar the renewal of a liquor license for:
(1) A hotel that operates or allows another person to operate a bona fide restaurant on its premises that serves food prepared in a kitchen on its premises;
(2) A regularly organized club;
(3) A restaurant or other place where the sale of alcohol is not the licensee’s principal business (less than 30% of gross sales as determined by the liquor commissioner).
(4) Premises where alcohol has been continuously sold commencing before the prior September 20, 1994; or
(5) Premises where alcohol has been sold before the location of a school or church within 100 feet of the said premises.
(6) The distance requirements included in this section shall be measured in a straight line between the nearest corners or surfaces of the licensee’s building and the specific building where the church, school, hospital, home for aged or indigent persons, or military station conducts or provides its services, as the case may be. The said measurement shall not be between the licensee’s premises property line and the property line of the church, school, hospital, home for aged or indigent persons, or military station.
(C) Maintenance of licensee’s premises.
(1) The premises identified in a licensee’s license shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in full compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances regulating the condition of premises used for the storage or sale of food for human consumption. All glasses and containers used in the consumption of alcohol shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
(2) Class A, AA, B, BW, E, P, R, and VGH licensees shall have an exterior window and/or door which provides a clear view into the interior of the licensee’s premises. No booths, screens, partitions, blinds, curtains, articles, or other things, nor any arrangements of lights or lighting shall be permitted in or about the interior of the premises so that an interior view of the premises is obstructed.
(3) All rooms where alcohol is sold for on-premises consumption shall be continuously lighted during business hours by natural light and/or artificial light so that all parts of the interior of those spaces shall be clearly visible.
(4) In order to enforce the provisions of this section, the liquor commissioner shall have the right to require any licensee to submit to the city plans, drawings, and photographs showing clear views into the premises and the available lighting and lighting fixtures within the premises.
(5) Except for Class AA and E licensees, there shall be no passageway or means of access between the licensed premises and any rooms used for living or sleeping quarters.
(D) Compliance with all laws and city ordinances. All applicants and licensees shall comply with all governmental laws, rules, regulations, and city ordinances concerning the retail sale of alcohol and the condition of the premises where such retail sales are conducted including, but not necessarily limited to, Chapters 92, 150, 151 , and 167 of the Danville City Code.
(E) Gasoline stations and convenience stores. No alcohol beverage shall be sold, served or consumed at any business categorized as a gasoline station or convenience store. No video gaming terminals shall be displayed, operated and played on the premises of any business categorized as a gasoline station or convenience store.
(F) Reporting disturbances. It shall be the duty of the owner and manager of any premises covered by a liquor license or rider to promptly report to the Danville Police Department any disturbance, riot, breach of the peace, assault, battery, injury occurring on the premises or any property used in association with the premises covered by such license.
(Ord. 9470, passed 3-5-24)