The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-23

Debate Tor and against the pro- posed amendment to the zoning or dinance affecting locations of tav- erns, grills, hotels and package stores, is expected to develop at the hearing scheduled at o'clock to- morrow night before the aldermanic committee. The amendment pro- vides that such establishments, all holding liquor licenses, shall not be closer that 1000 feet, one from the other, or within 200 feet of churches, schools, and public buildings.
 On the committee are Aldermen Frank X. Bergen, George L. King ston, c. Arthur Dubois, Ernest P. Belval, and Joseph Reiner. Their report to the April meeting of the board of aldermen may pave the way for the amendments adoption. Provisions
 While the proposal is not retroac- tive, there is the feature of elim- ination of any of the specified estab- lishments is they shall be closed for 30 days, or longer. A copy of the proposal is printed as follows:
 Sec. (11a) Taverns, Grills, Hotels
 and Package Stores in Business
 Zones.
 In business zone, no building or premises shall be used and no build- ing shall be erected which is ar- ranged, intended or designed to be used for a tavern, grill, hotel or package store if any part of such premises is situated:
 (a) On any part of lot having a frontage, on either side of pub lie street, within one thousand feet 1,000") as measured along the cen- ter line of such street, of any lot or plot having a frontage on such street and used for the purpose of a tavern, grill, hotel or package store.
 (b) On any part of lot having a frontage on either side of pub lie street within one thousand feet G,00OD as measured along the cen- ter line of such street and the cen- ter line of any intersecting street and used for the purpose of tav- ern, grill, hotel or package store.
 School Building
 Co Within two hundred feet GOOD of any part of any lot or plot used, or reserved to be used for the purpose of public school, duly organized school other than a public scholo, a church, charitable institution, whether supported by public or private funds, a hoSpi- tai or library.
 The provisions of 11a shall not be deemed to be retroactive, nor to apply to buildings now in process of construction or substantial al- teration, and intended solely to be used for the purpose of tavern grill, hotel or package store. Where an existing tavern grill, hotel or package store use has been discon- tinued for period of thirty days, said use shall not be resumed ex- cept in conformity with the pro- visions of Section 11a.
 3. Section of the building zone ordinance of the City of Waterbury shall be amended by adding the fol- lowing:
 Q2) No tavern grill, hotel or package store will be permitted in a residence zone unless the same shall conform to the provisions of Section 11a, nor unless such tavern grill, hotel or package store shall conform to the other regulations controlling residence zones.
 4. That the building zone ordi- nance of the city of Waterbury he amended by adding thereto the fol- lowing paragraphs:
 Additions Allowed
 Section lib. Nothing herein con- tained in the amendments to the building zone ordinance of the city of Waterbury as to the use of any premises for tavern grill, hotel or package store use shall prohibit or prevent any established business,