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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided February 19, 1976Published

1Opinion of the Court

QUESTION: Does the governing body of a municipality have the power under general law to establish, by ordinance, distance limitations between liquor vendors and other liquor vendors and between liquor vendors and churches and schools?

SUMMARY: A municipal governing body has the power, under s. 168.07, F. S. 1971 (as preserved in effect by s. 166.042(1), F. S.), and s. 562.45(2), F. S., to establish by ordinance distance limitations between liquor vendors and other liquor vendors and between liquor vendors and churches and schools provided such power is not exercised unreasonably and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Grapeland Heights Civic Ass'n v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  2. Glackman v. City of Miami BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
  3. City of Miami v. KichinkoSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
  4. Ellis v. City of Winter HavenSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  5. Penn v. PENSACOLA-ESCAMBIA GOVERNMENT. CTR. AUTH.Supreme Court of Florida · 1975

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