The electors of a municipal corporation or the unincorporated area of a township may exercise the privilege of local option on the sale of beer and any intoxicating liquor at a particular location within the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of the township if the use of the location is as a community facility. Only the electors of the municipal corporation or the unincorporated area of a township may exercise this election privilege even if the community facility is partially or wholly owned by the state of Ohio.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4301.324

  • 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
  • Community facility: means either of the following:

    (a) Any convention, sports, or entertainment facility or complex, or any combination of these, that is used by or accessible to the general public and that is owned or operated in whole or in part by the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision of the state or that is leased from, or located on property owned by or leased from, the state, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, or a convention facilities authority created pursuant to section 351. See Ohio Code 4301.01

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

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