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ORDINANCE NO. 2015-54 <br /> ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE <br /> - CHAPTER 52— <br /> -ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR— <br /> BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, <br /> ILLINOIS: <br /> Section 1. That Chapter 52 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the <br /> same is hereby modified and amended by amending Section 36, so that Section 36 as so <br /> modified and amended, shall provide as follows: <br /> 36. LOCATION LIMITATIONS. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 (M) of this <br /> Chapter, no license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within five <br /> hundred (500) feet of any church or school, other than an institution of higher learning; provided <br /> that,this prohibition shall not apply to hotels offering restaurant service, regularly organized <br /> clubs, or to restaurants, food shops or other places where the sale of alcoholic liquors is not the <br /> principal business carried on or licensed businesses located within the B-4 Central Business <br /> District .No license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within one <br /> hundred (100) feet of any church or school, other than an institution of higher learning for <br /> licensed businesses located within the B-4 Central Business District. This prohibition shall not <br /> apply to locations licensed on December 18, 1995, or to locations where a church or school has <br /> been established within the prohibited distance since the issuance of the most recent license. The <br /> distance shall be measured from the property boundary of the licensed premises to the property <br /> boundary of the church or school, except for premises located within the main building of a <br /> shopping center of 35,000 square feet or more in gross floor area, the distance shall be measured <br /> from the lease line of the licensed premises to the property boundary of the church or school. <br /> Section 2. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the <br /> provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be published in <br /> pamphlet form according to law. <br /> PRESENTED,PASSED,APPROVED AND RECORDED this Sth day of October, 2015. <br /> JULIE MOORE WOLFE, AYOR <br /> ATTEST: <br /> � � � <br /> � CITY C �RK <br /> PUBLISHED this 6th day of October , 2015. <br /> �~ � <br /> CITY ERK <br />