42-7A-64. Additional criteria for on-sale alcoholic beverage licensees in video lottery licensed establishments.
A municipality or county may consider, in addition to the criteria for the issuance of an on-sale alcoholic beverage license, the following criteria for authorizing video lottery machine placement in establishments issued an on-sale alcoholic beverage license pursuant to subdivisions 35-4-2(12) and (16):
(1)The number of establishments currently licensed for video lottery;
(2)The proximity of the business to other establishments licensed for video lottery;
(3)The type of business and manner in which the applicant proposes to operate it;
(4)The location of the business in relation to other businesses, residential areas, or activities within the same general area;
(5)The extent to which minors frequent a business connected to the one proposed; and
(6)The effect the proposed business has on economic development.
The governing board shall certify on each application filed with the Department of Revenue for a license granted under subdivisions 35-4-2(12) and (16) whether the business premises is authorized for video lottery machine placement. An existing video lottery license may not be denied renewal or transfer based upon the criteria set forth in this section. The lottery may issue a video lottery license to those establishments certified pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding the above provisions, a county or municipality may not restrict the number of alcoholic beverage licenses issued under subdivisions 35-4-2(12) and (16) and certified for video lottery to a number less than those licensed as video lottery establishments on March 1, 1994.
Source: SL 1994, ch 329, §1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.