The licence for Cumberland St Super Liquor, situated next to a BP service station, was opposed last year because it shared an entrance with BP forecourt.
Such a situation is not allowed under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.
Kitt Enterprises Ltd, the company behind the outlet, originally proposed getting around the rules by building a pool fence to partition the store from the service station, but this idea was opposed by police, Public Health South and the Dunedin City Council.
Dunedin district licensing committee chairman Colin Weatherall said it instead agreed to grant the licence as long as the entrance was moved to the side of the building next to McDonalds.
The licence was granted on the basis the new entrance was installed by the beginning of O Week, which Kitt Enterprises Ltd achieved.
Police and the medical officer of health have appealed the decision.
Alcohol harm reduction officer Sergeant Ian Paulin said the two agencies were appealing on a technical point of law, but would not go into detail while the case remained before the courts.
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Well done to the liquor control zealots. So instead of adults buying alcohol from next to a service station, children buying macca's might now observe people buying alcohol.
Or is that the next reason to close this outlet down, they have obviously "moved" next to a fast food outlet and children may be perverted by what is next door. Got to keep finding reasons to hassle business owners, got to keep pushing your tiny barrow.