Chapter 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES*

Section 3-2 Purposes of chapter.

    This chapter has been enacted for the purpose of promoting the health and general welfare of the  city; to establish reasonable and ascertainable standards for the regulation and control of the  licensing and sale of alcoholic beverages; to protect and preserve schools, and churches; to give  effect to existing land use; to preserve residential areas, with reasonable consideration being given to the character of the area and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the congestion in roads, and streets, and with a general view of promoting desirable living conditions, sustaining the stability of neighborhoods and property values; and to protect against the evils of concentration of package liquor store licenses in one (1) family, or corporation, or both; and to prevent an undesirable person from engaging in or having an interest in alcoholic beverages or the sale thereof  in the city.

(Code 1958,  5-2)