Legal Documents of Halls

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or maintain any retail establishment for the sale, storage or distribution of alcoholic beverages in the city except at locations zoned for that purpose and, as applicable, at such locations whose plans have been approved by the planning commission, but in no event shall any establishment be located:

1. Adjacent to any residence; or,
2. Within one thousand (1,000) feet of a hospital, church, school, public park, public institution, or any other place of public gathering, measured in a straight line³ between the nearest point on the property line upon which sits the building from which the alcoholic beverages will be sold, stored or distributed, and the nearest point on the property line of the hospital, school, church, public park, public institution, or other place of public gathering; or,
3. At any location at which excessive congestion exists based upon traffic patterns existing in the city at the date upon which the application is made.

Any location at which any person proposes to operate or maintain any retail establishment for the sale, storage or distribution of alcoholic beverages in the city must have adequate parking for the establishment. (as added by Ord. #07-01, Feb. 2007)