If the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) approves a liquor license to be utilized at Legacy 925 (formerly known as the Legacy Center), Oxford Township officials want to ensure it never leaves the community.

To that end, officials last week voted 7-0 to approve a two-page agreement, signed on March 21, between the township and Legacy owner Christian Mills.

Under the agreement, as long as the Class C license remains “within the boundaries of the township,” nothing prohibits Legacy “from selling, assigning or transferring its interest” in it and/or the business, or “from transferring the location of” the license.

However, any of the aforementioned actions are “subject to the approval of the township and the MLCC after one year of Legacy’s operation of the new license.”

Should Legacy transfer, sell or assign its interest in the license and/or business “to another person or entity,” the agreement dictates Legacy “shall make the provision, as a requirement of said sale, that the purchaser or purchaser abide by the terms of this agreement, in writing,” or “enter into a new agreement with the township under the same terms and conditions.”

The agreement further states that “if for any reason, except for fire or acts of God,” Legacy discontinues using the license for a period exceeding 365 days “without the prior written consent of the township,” then Legacy will “return” the license to the MLCC and “request that its rights” to it be “terminated” and that it be “returned to the township to be added to its available licenses.”

If the MLCC approves Legacy’s liquor license, that will leave the township with two available Class C licenses.

Class C licenses allow establishments, such as bars and restaurants, to sell – at retail – beer, wine, mixed-spirit drinks and spirits for consumption on the premises.