2016-51 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 52 - ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-51 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 52— -ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR— BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 52 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended by amending Section 36, so that Section 36 as so ' modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 36. LOCATION LIMITATIONS. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 (M) of this Chapter, no license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within five hundred (500) feet of any church or school, other than an institution of higher learning; provided that, this prohibition shall not apply to hotels offering restaurant service, regularly organized � clubs, or to restaurants, food sho s or other laces where the retail sale of alcoholic li uors is not P P 9 the principal business carried on or licensed businesses located within the B-4 Central Business District . No license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within one hundred (100) feet of any church or school, other than an institution of higher learning for licensed businesses located within the B-4 Central Business District. This rohibition shall not P apply to locations licensed on December 18, 1995, or to locations where a church or school has been established within the prohibited distance since the issuance of the most recent license. The distance shall be measured from the property boundary of the licensed premises to the property boundary of the church or school, except for premises located within the main building of a shopping center of 35,000 square feet or more in gross floor area, the distance shall be measured from the lease line of the licensed premises to the property boundary of the church or school. Section 2. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be published in pamphlet form according to law.