Michigan Compiled Laws § 436.1503 Licenses; Proximity Of Contemplated Location To Church Or School Building; Measurement Of Distance; Exceptions; Waiver; Objection; Hearing; Transfer To Location Farther From Church Or School.

436.1503 Licenses; proximity of contemplated location to church or school building; measurement of distance; exceptions; waiver; objection; hearing; transfer to location farther from church or school.

Sec. 503.

(1) A new application for a license to sell alcoholic beverages at retail, or a request to transfer location of an existing license, shall be denied if the contemplated location is within 500 feet of a church or a school building. The distance between the church or school building and the contemplated location shall be measured along the center line of the street or streets of address between 2 fixed points on the center line determined by projecting straight lines, at right angles to the center line, from the part of the church or school building nearest to the contemplated location and from the part of the contemplated location nearest to the church or school building.

(2) This section does not apply to specially designated merchants not in conjunction with on the premise licenses.

(3) This section does not apply to an outstanding license issued before March 1, 1949, for a location within the aforesaid distance or to the renewal or transfer of the outstanding license at that location, or to a resort license in effect during the 1948-1949 licensing year, or to the renewal or transfer of the resort at that location or to an application for a license at that location which has been approved by the commission before March 1, 1949, and licenses so issued, renewed, transferred, or approved shall be conclusively presumed to be valid for purposes of this section only.

(4) The commission may waive this section in the case of other classes of licenses. If an objection is not filed by the church or school, the commission may issue the license pursuant to this act. If an objection is filed, the commission shall hold a hearing pursuant to rules established by the commission before making a decision on the issuance of the license.

(5) This section shall not be construed to prevent the transfer of a license to a location farther from a church or school, if the license to be transferred is within the 500-foot radius.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Admin Rule: R 436.1951 et seq. and R 436.1963 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

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