ORC §4301.82 — Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) Liquor Preemption (OH)

Tracked preemption from the Ohio overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2015-08-15
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:OH

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.governance_type == municipal_corporation
  • project.is_dora_designated == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
liquor_control.open_container_prohibitionwaiveOpen-container prohibition is waived within approved DORA boundaries; liquor permit holders may sell for outdoor consumption.

Citation

Authority source
ORC §4301.82
§ §4301.82
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4301.82

Research notes

Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area is an opt-in municipal program authorized by state liquor-control statute. Municipalities adopt DORAs by ordinance subject to population-tier size limits (max area scales with population). State framework preempts the baseline open-container prohibition within designated boundaries only; it does not override zoning but does interact with liquor-licensed use standards. Captured as a state overlay so city profiles referencing DORAs have a structured anchor.