A. Residential Areas: No license under this chapter shall be granted to any applicant for premises within the corporate limits of the village where the same is located in any block in the village which is, at the time of application, devoted exclusively to residential purposes. For the purpose of this subsection, "block" shall be construed to mean the space from the intersection to the intersection on the side of the street which the proposed location fronts.
B. Business Areas: No license shall be granted to any applicant for any premises within the corporate limits of the village where the same is located in any block in the village which is, at the time of said application, either wholly or partially devoted to business uses, unless the applicant shall first file in the office of the village president a petition signed by a majority of the property owners representing at least a majority of the frontage within three hundred feet (300') in each direction of the proposed location, on both sides of the street on which the proposed location shall front, signifying their willingness to have a license issued hereunder; provided, that in any case, if the property owners of at least forty feet (40') of the property immediately adjacent to or abutting on any side of the proposed location shall not appear as signers on said petition, no license shall be issued hereunder; provided further, that the signature of any adjacent property owner who is then conducting a place of business in the said block under a license issued hereunder shall not be deemed necessary for the purpose of this action; provided, that provisions of this subsection shall not apply to applications for a class G license.
C. Approval Of Location: Before the president shall issue any license under this chapter, he or she shall first obtain the approval of a majority of the village trustees, voting in a regular or special meeting, for the location upon which the license is proposed to be exercised.
D. Exemptions: The provisions of this section shall not apply to any class H or class I license. (Ord. 1506, 2-15-2010)