(A) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the city licenses authorized and established hereby are subject to the following limitations and restrictions. The City Administrator shall not issue any city license in violation hereof.
(B) Any city license issued in violation hereof is void ab initio; however, renewals of existing city licenses shall not be prohibited thereby:
(1) As prohibited in KRS 243.230, no city license shall be issued to sell malt beverages at retail within or upon any premises from which gasoline and lubricating oil are sold or from which the servicing and repair of motor vehicles is conducted unless there is continuously maintained an inventory on the premises for sale at retail of not less than $5,000 of food, groceries and related products valued at cost; or
(2) No city license shall be issued to sell distilled spirits or wine at retail by the drink or package from any premises used as or in connection with the operation of any business in which a substantial part of the commercial transaction consists of selling at retail staple groceries, or gasoline or lubricating oil.
(1996 Code, § 111.25) (Ord. 1751, passed 3-6-1982; Ord. 1857, passed 10-7-1986)