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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting -July 21, 2006 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />C. South Bend Central Development Area <br />continue ... <br />Ms. Greene: My reading of the Alcoholic <br />Beverage statute, at least the way it's <br />currently drafted, there's an absolute <br />prohibition against the ABC issuing that <br />license, irrespective of remonstrances, <br />agreements, or things like that. No matter <br />how agreeable anyone would be, it appears <br />the language of the statute would keep the <br />ABC from issuing a liquor license if that <br />were a church or a school. <br />Ms. Jones: What I heard Mr. Masters say is <br />that in the area of remonstrance, they would <br />never be called a church, (would never) <br />fulfill that definition that the state defines a <br />church. Not that they are waiving their right <br />to remonstrate, but that they will never <br />become a church. <br />Mr. Downes: But the concern is that the <br />ABC at some point says they are a church or <br />they are a school. <br />Ms. Greene: That's correct. Basically, what <br />you look to in the interpretation is whether or <br />not it is being used regularly for that <br />particular purpose. What you have here from <br />Mr. Masters and from the Reverend is that <br />the property is not going to be used such that <br />it would be considered a church. Irrespective <br />of occasional religious services, or <br />occasional classes that would meet there, <br />would not be considered by legal definition <br />to be a church or a school. <br />27 <br />