Athens City Code

1. (1) No liquor store shall be located within a manufactured building as defined in ACC 8-35. All liquor stores shall be located within a newly constructed building or within an existing building to be renovated or refurbished. The plans for any new building or for the renovation or refurbishing of an existing building must be approved by the city community development office and the city council.
2. (2) The front of the building must have a brick facade.
3. (3) All liquor stores shall have night light surrounding the outside of the premises and shall be equipped with a functioning burglar alarm system on the inside of the premises.
4. (4) The liquor store display area shall be at least 1,800 square feet, except for stores in the downtown business district as defined in ACC 8-39, which shall have a display area at least 900 square feet.
5. (5) Full, free and unobstructed vision shall be afforded to and from the street, public highway or parking lot to the interior of the liquor store by way of large windows in the front and to the extent practical to the sides of the building containing the liquor store.
6. (6) No liquor store shall be located except on the ground floor of the building, and it shall have one main entrance opening on a public street, and such place of business shall have no other entrance for use by the public. All liquor stores shall be subject to applicable zoning, land use, building and safety regulations, as adopted within this Code, unless specifically stated otherwise herein.

(Ord. No. 1035, § 1(8-206), 3-17-2015)