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Title 8 : Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 2 : Intoxicating Liquors

8-209 : Restrictions on buildings and locations of retail stores.

  1. Any liquor store must be located no more than three thousand feet (3,000') from I-40 or no more than three thousand feet (3,000') of an intersection of two (2) major arterial highways. The distance between liquor stores must be not less than one (1) mile.
  2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or maintain any retail establishment for the sale, storage, or distribution of alcoholic beverages except at locations zoned for that purpose as set forth by the valid, current Baxter Zoning Ordinance in effect.
  3. All retail sales shall be confined to the premises of the licensee. No curb service is permitted nor shall there be permitted drive-in windows.
  4. No liquor sales room shall be located in the city on any premises above the ground floor. Each such store shall have only one (1) main entrance for use by the public as a means of ingress and egress for the purpose of purchasing alcoholic beverages at retail; provided, that any liquor store adjoining the lobby of a hotel or motel may maintain an additional entrance into such lobby as long as such lobby is open to the public (Tennessee Code Annotated, § 57-3-404(1)). Liquor sales room shall consist of an area of not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet.
  5. No retail stores shall be in closer proximity to any school (public or private), any community center, any church or religious building, any public library, any hospital, any funeral parlor, or any public recreation area, than two hundred fifty feet (250') as measured in a straight line from the main entrance of said retail store to the main entrance of said aforementioned institutions or facilities.
  6. To the fullest extent consistent with the nature of the establishment, full, free, and unobstructed vision shall be afforded from the street and public highway to the interior of the place of sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages there sold or dispensed.
  7. No form of entertainment, including pinball machines, music machines, or similar devices, shall be permitted to operate upon any premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold. (Ord. #2014-5, April 2014)
Date Last Updated: 03/01/2026
Codification Date: 03/01/2026

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Danny Holmes

Councilman - Willie Allison
Councilman - Jeff Herald
Councilman - Greg Phillips
Councilman - Dustin Stanton

Recorder - Sharon Carlile
Attorney - Shawn Fry

Date Last Updated: 03/01/2026
Codification Date: 03/01/2026

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Danny Holmes

Councilman - Willie Allison
Councilman - Jeff Herald
Councilman - Greg Phillips
Councilman - Dustin Stanton

Recorder - Sharon Carlile
Attorney - Shawn Fry