Section 311.080

Title XX ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Chapter 311

Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  311.080.  Sale of liquor prohibited near schools and churches, exceptions. — 1. No license shall be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor, as defined in this chapter, within one hundred feet of any school, church or other building regularly used as a place of religious worship, except that when a school, church or place of worship shall hereafter be established within one hundred feet of any place of business licensed to sell intoxicating liquor, the license shall not be denied for this reason.

  2. The board of aldermen, city council or other proper authorities of any incorporated city, town or village may by ordinance prohibit the granting of a license for the sale of intoxicating liquor within a distance as great as three hundred feet of any school, church, or other building regularly used as a place of religious worship. In such cases, and where the ordinance has been lawfully enacted, no license of any character shall be issued in conflict with the ordinance while it is in effect; except, that when a school, church or place of worship is established within the prohibited distance from any place of business licensed to sell intoxicating liquor, the license shall not be denied for this reason.

  3. Subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to a holder of a license issued pursuant to section 311.090, 311.218, or 311.482, or to any premises holding a license issued before January 1, 2004, by the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control for the sale of intoxicating liquor.

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(RSMo 1939 § 4948, A.L. 1959 H.B. 139, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298)