(A) The premises of a business licensed by the state for retail sale of beer, wine, liquor or other alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption shall not be located within 400 feet of and on the same street as a building used exclusively as a church, synagogue or other place of worship. This distance shall be measured in a straight line from the center of the nearest entrance of the place of worship to the nearest entrance of the licensed premises.
(B) This distance rule only applies if the following criteria are met:
(1) The entrance doors of the licensed premises and the entrance doors of the place of worship are situated on the same street;
(2) The physical address of the licensed premises is designated as the same street as the physical address of the place of worship; and
(3) The distance, measured in a straight line, from the entrance doors of the licensed business to the entrance doors of the place of worship is 400 feet or less.
(C) If the three-part test in divisions (B)(1), (B)(2) and (B)(3) above is not met in its entirety, then the distance rule does not apply.
(D) The distance between entrance doors is measured by a geometric straight line, regardless of intervening property and buildings. An entrance is considered to be a means of ingress to the premises that is generally used by the public.
(Ord. 5-030209, passed 3-2-2009) Penalty, see § 111.99