(A) No retail package store or any other business licensed by the city shall be located or operated at any place, except at locations permitted by the town’s zoning or planning laws. The location of the retail package store is specifically prohibited within 300 feet of any public or private school or church property primarily and regularly used for worship services and religious activities.
(B) The distance indicated in this section shall be measured from the nearest property line of such public or private school or church to the nearest perimeter wall of the premises of any such retail package store which has been licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
(C) If any school or church shall be established with 300 feet of any retail package store subject to the provisions of this section after such retail package store has been licensed, the provisions of this section shall not be a deterrent to the renewal of such license, if there has not been a lapse of more than 60 days.
(D) When any retail package store changes ownership or the operator thereof is changed and such change of ownership or the operator thereof is changed and such change of ownership results in the same type of business being conducted on the premises, the provisions of this section shall not be a deterrent to the issuance of a license to the new owner or operator, if he or she is otherwise qualified.
(Ord. 2017-5, passed 10-16-2017) Penalty, see § 110.99