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BOOK 99 T,GE1021 <br />PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE COUNTY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES <br />ORDINANCE <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 11/25/96: <br />TO: James. E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />DIVJ.�ION HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />R6bert M. Keatin, AICP <br />Community Develo ment birector <br />FROM: Stan Boling,.AICP <br />Planning Director <br />DATE: November 25, 1996 <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Change to the County Alcoholic Beverages <br />Ordinance <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal <br />consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular <br />meeting of December 3, 1996. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />At its November 5, 1996 regular meeting, the Board of County <br />Commissioners discussed and received comments from various <br />interested parties regarding changes to the county's existing <br />Chapter 300 alcoholic beverages ordinance (see attachments #1 & <br />#2). After the discussion, the Board directed staff to draft a <br />proposed ordinance to be discussed, but not acted upon, at a <br />subsequent meeting. With respect to the proposed ordinance, the <br />Board indicated its preference to change existing regulations to <br />allow beer and wine to be consumed at restaurants that are closer <br />than 1,000 feet to an established church or school, under certain <br />conditions. Staff has done more research, further coordinated with <br />interested parties, and drafted an ordinance change in accordance <br />with the Board's direction (see attachment #3). <br />ANALYSIS: <br />While current county regulations allow churches and schools in <br />agricultural, residential, and commercial zoning districts, most <br />churches and schools are located in residential districts. Bars <br />and restaurants, however, are allowed in commercial and industrial <br />districts only, while social clubs that serve alcoholic beverages <br />are allowed in residential districts. Thus, churches and schools <br />are allowed in almost all areas of the county, but bars and <br />restaurants are allowed in only a relatively limited area of the <br />county and are further restricted in location by separation <br />distances from churches and schools. <br />In regard to --the alcoholic beverage regulations, the land use issue <br />now under consideration is the compatibility of bar, restaurant, <br />church, and school uses located in or near commercial zoning <br />districts. Currently, alcoholic beverage regulations do not <br />distinguish between bars and restaurants that serve beer and wine <br />45 <br />DECEMBER 3, 1996 <br />