2016-0199
INTRODUCED BY: DICK GIBBS, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT III
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances Chapter 3 Alcoholic Beverages, Sections 3-1. Location restrictions, and 3-2. Approval of location by department of planning and zoning, to remove the locational restrictions for alcoholic beverage businesses.
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WHEREAS, the Location restrictions on businesses seeking to obtain a liquor license have created a substantial burden on local businesses and are not mandated under State Law; and,
WHEREAS, the large number of protected uses within the Parish have limited the options for establishing new businesses and restaurants seeking to serve alcohol and beer; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed changes will primarily affect restaurants seeking to serve alcoholic beverages; and,
WHEREAS, the requirement for barrooms, nightclubs, lounges, and dancehalls to be zoned C-3 or higher and to obtain a Special Permit from the Planning and Zoning Commission and supporting resolution of the Parish Council is not changed by this proposed ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council wishes to resolve these issues by eliminating the locational restrictions for alcoholic beverages businesses.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 3 Alcoholic Beverages, Sections 3-1. Location restrictions, and 3-2. Approval of location by department of planning and zoning, are removed in their entirety as shown below in strikethrough for clarity.
Sec. 3-1. - Location restrictions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct an alcoholic beverage business within five hundred (500) feet of a public playground or a building used exclusively as a church, synagogue, public library, playground, licensed day care centers, school, except a school for business education conducted as a business college.
(1) Waiver of distance requirements for restaurant establishments. For purposes of thi...
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