(A) The following restrictions will apply to the granting of licenses.
(1) No Class A, B, or C license shall be granted to any person under 18 years of age.
(2) No retail Class B license shall be issued for premises the main entrance of which is less than 300 feet from the main entrance of any established public school, parochial school, hospital, or church, nor in any residence district. Such distance shall be measured via the shortest route along the highway from the main entrance of such school, church, or hospital to the main entrance to such premises. Any premises shall be deemed to be included within a residence district if two-thirds of the buildings within a radius of 300 feet of the main entrance of such premises are used exclusively for residence purposes or the uses incidental thereto.
(3) A Class B license shall be issued only for that portion of premises located on the street level. Nothing in this division (A)(3) shall prohibit any hotel holding a state permit from supplying beverages in the original containers to bona fide patrons in rooms rented by such patrons.
(4) Division (A)(3) above shall not apply to a bona fide club, society, or lodge in existence not less than six months prior to the date of application.
(5) Each premises for which a Class B license is granted must be connected with water and sewage facilities, must be properly lighted and ventilated, and supplied with separate sanitary toilet and lavatory facilities equipped with running water for each sex.
(B) (1) A retail Class A, B, or C license shall be granted only to persons who are citizens of the United States and of the state, and have resided in this state continuously for no less than one year prior to the date of filing application for such license, except that Class A licenses may be issued to a domestic corporation, or to a foreign corporation engaged in the manufacture of fermented malt beverages and licensed under Wis. Stat. Ch. 226 to do business in this state.
(2) No such license shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony, unless such person has been pardoned, nor to any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association who has been convicted of a violation of any federal or state alcoholic beverage laws or of any provisions of this subchapter during a period of one year prior to such application. Such conviction of a member of a partnership or of the partnership itself shall make the partnership or any members thereof ineligible for a license for one year.
(3) No Class B license shall be granted for any premises where any other business shall be conducted in connection with such licensed premises, except that such restriction shall not apply to any of the following:
(a) A hotel;
(b) A restaurant which is not a part of or located in a mercantile establishment;
(c) A combination grocery store and tavern;
(d) A combination sporting goods store and tavern in towns, villages, and fourth- class cities;
(e) A combination novelty store and tavern;
(f) A bowling alley or recreation premises; or
(g) A club, society, or lodge that has been in existence for six months or more prior to the date of filing application for a Class B license or permit.
(4) No Class A, B, or C license shall be issued to any person acting as agent for or in the employ of another. Except for Class B licenses, this restriction shall not apply to a hotel, or a grocery, or a gasoline service station which also deals in food stuffs, wearing apparel, and miscellaneous items, or to a restaurant not a part of or located in or upon the premises of any mercantile establishment, or to a bona fide club, society, or lodge that shall have been in existence for not less than six months prior to the date of application. Such license for a hotel, restaurant, grocery, club, society, or lodge may be taken in the name of an officer or manager, who shall be personally responsible for compliance with all of the terms and provisions of this subchapter.
(5) Not more than two Class A, B, or C licenses shall be issued to any one person, and in each application for such license, the applicant shall state that he or she has not made application for more than one Class A, B, or C license for any other location in the state.
(1999 Code, § 110.18) (Ord. 127, passed 10-5-1987) Penalty, see § 10.99