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A.R.S. TITLE 4 ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT PERTAINING TO THE ISSUANCE OF LIQUOR LICENSES
Staff Contact: Vicki Rios, Director, Budget and Finance
Staff Presenter: Jenna Goad, Manager, Intergovernmental and Council Services
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Purpose and Policy Guidance
Recommendation
Staff is seeking guidance from City Council regarding the formation of an Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) Title 4-Arizona Liquor Law, Entertainment District as it pertains to liquor licenses for the downtown area. The adoption of an Entertainment District would allow the city, on a case-by-case basis, to approve exemptions from the distance restrictions prescribed in A.R.S. ? 4-207 pertaining to the location of certain types of liquor licenses within 300 feet of a church or school.
Background
A.R.S. ? 4-207 prohibits the issuance of certain types of liquor license for any premises that are, at the time the license application is received by the director, within 300 horizontal feet of a church, school building, or fenced recreational area adjacent to the school building. This restriction is commonly referred to as the "300 foot rule". A church is defined as any building erected or converted for use as a church where services are regularly convened that is used primarily for religious worship and schooling and that a reasonable person would conclude is a church by reason of design, signs or architectural or other features (A.R.S. ? 4-207(D)(1)). A school is defined as any public or private school with any grades Kindergarten through 12 (A.R.S. ? 4-207(A)).
The following license types are not impacted by the 300 foot rule:
* Series 1 and 2 Producer
* Series 3 Microbrewery
* Series 4 Wholesaler
* Series 5 Government
* Series 11 Hotel-Motel
* Series 12 Restaurant
* Series 13 In-State Farm Winery
* Series 15 Special Event license
* Series 18 Craft Distillery
* Playing area of a golf course with an issued license
* A beer and wine license at a not-for-profit performing arts theat...
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