Ohio Code 4301.323 – Conditions for exercising privilege of local option at a particular location
The electors of an election precinct may exercise the privilege of local option on the sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages, or spirituous liquor at a particular location within the precinct if the petitioner for local option election is one of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4301.323
- Beer: includes all beverages brewed or fermented wholly or in part from malt products and containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume. See Ohio Code 4301.01
- liquor: include all liquids and compounds, other than beer, containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume which are fit to use for beverage purposes, from whatever source and by whatever process produced, by whatever name called, and whether they are medicated, proprietary, or patented. See Ohio Code 4301.01
- Mixed beverages: includes the contents of a pod. See Ohio Code 4301.01
- Person: includes firms and corporations. See Ohio Code 4301.01
- Spirituous liquor: includes all intoxicating liquors containing more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume. See Ohio Code 4301.01
- Wine: includes all liquids fit to use for beverage purposes containing not less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume that is made from the fermented juices of grapes, fruits, or other agricultural products. See Ohio Code 4301.01
(A) An applicant for the issuance or transfer of a liquor permit at, or to, a particular location within the precinct;
(B) The holder of a liquor permit at a particular location within the precinct;
(C) A person who operates or seeks to operate a liquor agency store at a particular location within the precinct;
(D) The designated agent for an applicant, liquor permit holder, or liquor agency store described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section.
The privilege conferred by this section is in addition to the privilege conferred on the electors of precincts under section 4301.32, 4301.321, 4301.322, or 4305.14 of the Revised Code.