City of Ashland v. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

The City of Ashland (the City) has appealed from the judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court which affirmed the determination of the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (the Board) that the City was without authority to impose a quota on the number of malt beverage licenses to be issued in the City and that the City’s ordinance prohibiting the sale of malt beverages from a store that sells groceries and/or gasoline is not enforceable as it conflicts with Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 243.280(2). We affirm.

The issues in this appeal concern the proper interpretation…