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Liquor Ordinance May 19, 1998 page 3 Option 2: Leave the separation at 1000 feet, but exclude the early childhood learning center from the definition of school Subd. 3. Distance From School or Church. No license shall be granted within 1000 feet of any school or within 1000 feet of any church. The distance shall be measured from the main entrance of the school or church to the main entrance of the applicant's place of business. For the purposes of the separation restriction in this subdivision, a school is a building that is principally used as a place where twenty -five (25) or more persons receive a full course of educational instruction and the educational instruction is provided on a daily basis by an established school board or church. This does not include any post - secondary or post -high school educational building, including any college or any vocational - technical college. Nor does the separation apply to a daycare or early childhood facility, where children typically are under constant supervision while at the facility and when traveling to and from the facility. The establishment of a school or church mithin the separation distance after an original liquor license application has been granted shall not, in and of itself, render such premises ineligible for renewal of the license. 3. Separation and Parks The existing ordinance does not require a separation from parks. Because the regional park reserve covers so much area, liquor licenses would be prohibited in a very great area of the City. The VFW is very close to a City park. Unless there is any history of conflicts there, there is no need to add a separation from parks.