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Dear Mayor Cox:

We respond to your questions concerning Town of Fordoche Alcohol Beverage Control Ordinance 04-03 in the order presented in your correspondence.

Question I

Would a barroom be "grandfathered" or prohibited from renewing its annual alcohol permit when the barroom falls within the prohibited distance of a church when the original permit was issued before the effective date of the revised ordinance that establishes a minimum distance?

The law exempts premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for over a year prior to the enactment or amendment of an ordinance imposing either the…