A. Every license issued under this chapter shall be issued only to qualified applicants, as herein provided, who come within the following classifications as the same are herein defined:
1. Cafe Or Restaurant: A cafe or restaurant is an establishment provided with special space and accommodations where, in consideration of payment, prepared food is habitually furnished to the public, but does not include drugstores, soda fountains, lunch counters or confectioneries, and such cafe or restaurant being provided, in the judgment of the city council, with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment and capacity for preparing, cooking and serving suitable food to and for its patrons; provided, however, that the preparation, cooking and serving of suitable food is hereby construed to mean the preparation, cooking and serving of complete meals customarily denominated breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper; and provided further, however, that the habitual furnishing of prepared food is hereby construed to mean the habitual furnishing of: a) such breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper; b) such breakfast, lunch and dinner; c) such lunch, dinner and supper; or d) such dinner and supper; and provided further, that the service of only fry orders, sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, salads or snacks shall not be deemed a compliance with this classification.
2. Unclassified: In addition to the licenses which may be issued to applicants under the foregoing classification, not more than two (2) premises shall be licensed under this classification.
B. No license shall be issued for any premises in any neighborhood which is predominantly or zoned residential, or within three hundred feet (300') of any public school, church or any other place of worship, measured in a straight line to the nearest entrance to the licensed premises, except with the approval of the city council; provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to any licensed premises that at the time of licensing did not come within the restricted area, but subsequent to licensing was included therein. (Ord. 534, 12-19-1972)