Ridgley, Inc. v. Board of Zoning Appeals

Appellant operates a retail convenience store/gasoline station in the city of Wadsworth. The station is located in a section locally zoned as “Highway Interchange Commercial District” which permits the operation of, inter alia, gasoline service stations, but which makes no specific reference to beer sales. The adjacent areas are comprised of businesses, restaurants, shopping stores, and the like.

After obtaining a “C-l” liquor permit (which is the appropriate permit for an “operator of a retail store to sell beer in containers and not for consumption on the premises” [R.C. 4303.11]) from the…