Ala. Code § 28-3A-16
Upon applicant's compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations made thereunder, the board shall issue to applicant a retail beer license which will authorize the licensee to purchase beer, including draft beer in counties or municipalities where the sale thereof is permitted, from a licensed wholesaler and to sell at retail for on-premises consumption in a room or rooms or place on the licensed premises at all times accessible to the use and accommodation of the general public, and in original unopened containers for off-premises consumption, where such use of the proposed location is not, at the time of the original application, prohibited by a valid zoning ordinance or other ordinance in the valid exercise of police power by the governing body of the municipality or county in which the outlet is located.
Ala. Code § 28-3A-16 (1975)