(1) In order to
apply the provisions of 16-3-306, MCA, the department must find:
(a) the
entrance doors of the premises proposed for licensing and the entrance doors of
the place of worship or school are situated on the same street; and
(b) the
physical address of the premises proposed for licensing is designated as the
same street as the physical address of the place of worship or school; and
(c) the
distance, measured in a straight line, from the entrance doors of the business
proposed for licensing and the entrance doors of the place of worship or school
is 600 feet or less.
(2) If the
above three-part test is not met in its entirety, the provisions of 16-3-306,
MCA, do not apply.
(3) The
distance between entrance doors is measured by a geometric straight line,
regardless of intervening property and buildings. An entrance is considered to
be a means of ingress to the premises generally used by the public.
(4) In the
event that a county or city government should enact an ordinance or resolution
supplanting the provisions of 16-3-306, MCA, the restriction shall not apply.
(5) A conformed
copy of such supplanting ordinance or resolution must be submitted to the
department by the applicant.