HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-1430 - Ordinance - 06/23/1983ORDINANCE NO. 1430
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER I, SECTION 13 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, RELATING TO THE
SELLING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NEAR CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND
HOSPITALS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS, that Chapter I, Section 13 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of College Station is hereby amended to
include Sub-section D to read as follows:
D. SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NEAR CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND
HOSPITALS
1. Definitions
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and
the enforcement of this section:
Church: A building used principally for religious worship and in
which persons assemble and congregate to worship at least once
each week and which is owned by such congregation or persons or
leased by such congregation for a period of more than one year.
Public Hospital: A hospital to which the public at large is
admitted for medical treatment.
Public School: A school which has one or more of the grades
~indergarten through twelfth grade, and which is owned and
conducted by the state or a political subdivision or agency
thereof.
2. Sales of Alcoholic Beverage~ Prohibited
No person shall sell or engage in the business of selling an
alcoholic beverage where the place of business of such person is
within three hundred (300) feet of any church, public school or
public hospital, the measurements to be along the property lines
of the street fronts and from front door to front door, and then
direct line across street intersections where they occur.
3. E__x~eptions
This ordinance shall not apply to a place of business which is
legally authorized to sell alcoholic beverages prior to the
effective date of this ordinance; however, should such a place ~f
business discontinue the sale of alcoholic beverages, then the
provisions of this ordinance shall apply thereafter.
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II.
If any provision of this ordinance is invalidated by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the remainder shall be unaffected
thereby, and the invalid portion or portions are hereby declared
to be severable.
III.
And it is ordained that this ordinance shall become effective
from and after its passage in accordance with the City Charter of
the City of College Station.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this23rd
ATTEST:
City Sec~ry
day of June, 1983.
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