The City Council adopts the following licensing standards and criteria for consideration by the Liquor Control Commission of any applicant for a retail alcoholic liquor license, for the upgrading of a license to sell alcoholic liquor, or for the expansion or change in location of the premises, in accordance with the State Liquor Control Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-132(3)(a) and § 7 of LB 911, 89th Legislature, Second Session, 1986:
(A) The adequacy of existing law enforcement resources and services in the area;
(B) Existing motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic flow in the vicinity of the proposed licensed premises, potential traffic and parking problems and the proximity and availability of on-street and off-street parking;
(C) Zoning restrictions;
(D) Sanitation or sanitary conditions on or about the proposed licensed premises;
(E) The existing population and projected growth, both city-wide and within the area to be served;
(F) Existing liquor licenses, the class of such licenses and the distance and time of travel to such licenses;
(G) The nature and needs of the neighborhood or community where the proposed premises is located as well as its projected growth; and
(H) Whether the type of business or activity proposed to be operated in conjunction with the proposed license is and will be consistent with the public interest.
(Prior Code, § 4-203)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-134