CITY OF SPRINGFIELD 
ORDINANCE NO.  2012-008A 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 111 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2001-004B 
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED AS FOLLOWS:

	SECTION I

A.       DEFINITIONS. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Ordinance shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, and unless the context of the provision requires otherwise, and in addition to the definitions and rules of construction set out in this Section, the definitions contained in Sections 241.010 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes are adopted as the meaning of such words used in this chapter. 
       	
	4a)  CONVENIENT STORE.  A retail store that is open long hours and sells grocery, snack, household, miscellaneous items and gasoline at the pump.
                    		  
SECTION III

         C.    	DENIAL OF APPLICATION. 

 						No license provided for in this ordinance shall be issued if there is cause for refusal as specified in KRS 243.450, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator shall not approve any application for a city license if:

(7) An applicant premise is located in the downtown business area of the City of Springfield adjacent to and facing the two block area of Main Street extending from Doctor Street on the West to Walnut Street on the East unless the applicant premises is a bona fide restaurant or convenient store. 

         This Ordinance shall become effective upon its second reading, passage and publication. 

                 A.      PASSAGE

         This Ordinance became effective upon its second reading, passage and publication. 

                                                  City of Springfield, Kentucky 

Signed by Mayor John W. Cecconi and attested by Laurie Smith, City Clerk