A question about liquor sales, the church and the law?

Question

I live in a small community in Arkansas and the owner of our local conveince store applied for and received approval for a liquor license.There are no churches within half a mile of this business, however, the local baptist community has decided to purchase a piece of property directly across the highway from the business,and build a church, which would put the business within the current 1000 foot restriction for liquor sales and church location.

My question is this, can the church legally do this or are there also laws prohibiting the the building of churches within certain distances of existing businesses that sell liquor?

Answer 1

I would think that if a church was crazy enough to build near a liqure store then it has no recourse as to the existence of that store.

in my town a store got held up on being built for years until the builders thought to spin it sideways so the parking lot was between it and the church. complied with the law but not the spirit of the law.

most "blue" laws are being overturned these days. they are not very practical or popular.

Answer 2

Actually, I'm from Arkansas, and the property laws here are SCREWED UP. Yes, the church CAN do exactly what it did. I suggest that the business owner see an attorney promptly. However, it is entirely likely that there is NOTHING he can do about it. Some individual districts/counties/etc. in Arkansas have ordinances to address just such an instance, but they are few and far between.
He should see an attorney as soon as possible. I can recommend a few in Washington and Benton County. Just e-mail me and I'll be glad to. You can IM me as well.

Answer 3

i've got lived a gaggle of places and that's usually the case. i ultimately moved to Arizona and that they're going to sell it on Sunday. yet they typically incorporate any non secular group in there. maximum states that's incredibly annoying to get a clean license if somebody in 3 hundred toes products era. Texas in basic terms constrained it to previously midday, which for sure is after we bypass grocery buying, so as that became right into a soreness. the final public of the liquor shops have been closed anyhow, in simple terms simply by low sales. Arizona has finished liquor in Wal-Mart so that's no concern in any respect.

Answer 4

Not sure what the law is, but it would seem to me that if the convenience store already has a liquor license that it would be a pre-existing condition and the church would have no right to state that he can not sell liquor under the local ordinance.

Answer 5

The church is100yrs old. a new liquor store wants to open. How far away does it have to be in MASSACHUSETTS?

Answer 6

your business should be grandfathered under the new law