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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 107Being and Ordinance licensing and ~egulating the Sale at Re~{it of Nonintoxicating }.~alt Liquors and Providing a Penalty for the Violatian thereof. ~.'RELS, owing to {he excessive delinquency in the receipts frq~:m~ taxes s~ea other so-~.ces, the receipts from t~s. xes and other sources have for such u~forseen causes become insufficient for the ordinary expenses of the City, amd ¥~}iREA$, i~rm~ediate action is necassa~z ~to preserve the }ublic peace {ad safety, This Council hereby and uN. der this preamble decl%~res theft e~u emergency e~-~ists for the ir~mediate preserv~tion of the public p2ace ~d safety a~% that in ~der to promptly meet such emergency it is necessary to pass Ordinance No../6' {/ as an emergency ordinance. J Passed by the Council ~'~ 'ORDiNW'~CE ~.ce?.~ ~T ~'~ m:;P. SALE AT ~,iTL OF T~_~ OITi OF COL%!i3iA ~Iu~TS DOES ORDS~Ii~: section t. Definiti: n. of (a) ~,s used in this ordinance, the tern: "ourson" shall mean ~d include a natural ~3erson of either sex, person, co- partnershi s, cornoraZions and associations of persons; and .. a~o~ esaid. The shall i.~clude the age~zt or manager o~ ney of the ~ ~ singular m~ber shall include the nlurat, ~d the masculine prono~ shall include the ~eminine ~- =.~ neuter. (b) %,'cn-intcxicating malt li:~.uor" sr~ail =~ an:.~ note~i~ ~ ~ than half ~alt :overage ~ith ar~ alcoholic c~ten~ of more one- of one ocr cent bi vo!~e mhd not ~:~ore t-hen t~ee and tv:o- te~ths per cent by weight. (c) a "borta fide clu!'~ as used herein shall be ~V club c. rg~ized under t~e !a~s of the ~t~e of "innesc.~a for or business purposes, or for intellectual i~:~provement, or for the oroz~otion of sports, where the serving of ~ucn liquors is inciaenta! to ~d not the Najor ~ursose of the club. (d) "Original package" as used l,ereia shall me~ the bottle or sealed container in ~d~ich the liquor is ~iaced at the pl..ce of ~a.mufacture. (e) "Restaura~t" as used herein shall me~ ~y nlace of business wherein the preoari g ~d serving of meals a~d/or lunches to the public to be eonsms:ed on ~he premises constitutes the major business thereof. Section 2. License Required. ~ro person shall vend, deal ~ee9 or offer ~or in, or dispose of by sale or otherwise, or '~ _ in the Cit7 of ~o.h~bia ~leights, any non-intoxicating malt liquor without forst ' '~ navz~_g received a license tlerefor ~ss here- inafter provided. Licenses shall le of two ~inds: "0n Sale" and "Off Sale". "~n Sale" licenses shall be gr~_,;~ea or~ll to druC stores~ restaurants and hotels where focd is ?repared and served for ~,,~ ~d shall oo~s~ption on the premises and in bona fide ~=~s, permit th'e sale or such liquor ~or sons~ption on the premises only. "Off Sale" licenses shall '~:e ranted to ~er~it the sate at vholesale and/or retail or suc~h lo~uor in the origina! pack- .::aes for removal from and cons~ption cfr ti~e :remiaes onlb~. 2oct!on 3. A p!ications for License. All a_~?!i~' ~ .-~ ~-~ ~'~ malt !iauor shall be for =~.~ ii~e_=~e to [el! made on forms to be supplied by the dit~' setting fortL ~ name of the ~erson asking for such license, his age~ r~resenrations be recuired his as to bls ..... ter with such ref~r~.nces as may ~citizenshiv, the location where ~uc~ business is to ~e curried on, wheth~r such application is for "o~ sale~," ~k~ or -orr sales~~ the business in connection with w~hich the proposed license will operate, vhether applic~nt is owner and ooerator cf such busines~ the ti~e such ~ppiic~nt has been in that business at that place, e from and such ot~ez lnformetion as the Cit~ C~mcii ~a~ requir time to time. It shall ~e unla~ful to make ~y false statement in an application. Such a-~mlication shall be signed and sworn to by the a~plic~nt if an individual, and if a cor~ora~on then by ~ officer thereof~ befor~ e notary oublic or other officer authorized to a~ini~ter oaths. Section &. ?ees. Ali app!lcations for licenses shall be accom~aniae hv a receipt from t~e ditu treasurer for the required annual fee ~or the respective license. ~! such fees sbal! Ze paid into the general f~ off the munic~.oa!z , ~on rejection of any app!icatio~ for a license, the 2reasurer shall ref,m~d the ~.~ a~.~oun~ paid. The annual fee for a "On Sale" license shall be __~15,00 _ The an-~uai fee ror ~..n "Og~ Sale" license shall be five dollars (,:,,5. co ). Ail 1i' ~ ~ .~hali e ~re on the l~.~t da~: ~f comber year; i~,rovid~d that if eight months or more of a~y licensing ~rea~ have e!aosed when a~tication is made the fee shall reduced to ~ne-half of the regular a~:,.ount thereof. Section 5. The Cit~ Council shall cause an i~.vestigation to b~ made of all f ct set forth in the application. 02por- tunit3~ shall be given to any person to be heard for or against the grating of any !ic~nse. After such investigation, the City Council shall ~_rant or r~zu~e cml such av~iicatiom in its discretion. Section t. Conditions of Licenses. hit licenses granted hereunder shall ~e granted su~ je=t to the following conditions, and all other conditions of this ordinance, and subject to a'2?~ icabte theroto. all other ordinances of the 0ity ~!o license shall be granted to any ~erson under twenty- or~e Nears of age. No license shall aive ~:er~ss~on to sell non-intoxicating melt liquor in ann theater, recreatio~ hall or center, d~ce hall, -~oo! hall, ball ~a.r~ or other place of public ~.~th~riz. g ~ r~ ts.~- ffor t~e 9urpose ce entertai~ent or ~usement .... ether a s a~t is zn com~ection ~ ~' '~- ' ~ere~t.~ or not ~d ~o such liquor shall be co .s'~ad txere. No license sh~i ~e ~i.r~ted for sale en any premises ~,here a lic2nsee has been conviczed er the viol''~' ~zon f this ordi~ance or v~here ~y license hereunder ~ ~ e~ cause for at lc.est o e year after the said conviction or re~o- cation. ~o sale of any noa-into;;icating malt liquor shall be made to an2 person m~der guardianshipi nor to any ~erson under twenty- one years of ~i premises where any license hereunder is [r~ted shall be open to ins:~ectioz~ by anl police or health o~fzcer or other prc..perly aesignated offi~er or e:~plo-yee of the dit[~ at an].~ time durin~ wic~ the ~}lace so licensed is open to the pu~.!ic for business. :~ damb!ing nor any gamblir~ device prohi~.~ted b5 lay shall £e permitted iv a~y license~ premises. All lice~ses g~.a~zed under' ~is o~'dinaace shall ce issued ~o ~e applican~ o~ly and shall ce issued ~oz. p~'emises described ia ~ne applicaZio~. Such license shall mo~ 0e ~z, ansferred ~o aao'~he~' place wi~hou~ ~he appuoval Ci~y O~ uncit. Eo maa~aczu~'e~~ o~ such noa-i~o~ica~i~g malz li~uors shall ahve a~ ow~e~.ship, o~ whole o~. i~ paz~, i~ ousi~ess oi' a~ licensee ~ol~i~ a:~ "0n Sale" license. Sec~io~'~. Glosi~g ~ours. i~o premises licensed "0n ~ale" here~dez, s~all remai:~ ope~ ffo~' ~ne sale oi' non- inzoxica'oing malz liquors Oetween ~ne ~ours off l:.~.~'[., and 6: A.ld., noz· on a~ day oi' a ~:ederal, Lza'oe cz- L[unici?al hleczion, nor on any Sunday oei'ore 12.01 Seczion ~. ~u~s. i~o clu0 shall sell liquo~ excepz membez, s and ~o guests i~ ~e eom any o~' ~moe~s. i~ a~ place l~ce~se~ ~or "ca sale" "o~e liquor sSla shall be sezved and ~onsumed a~ 'oa~les in b~e dining cz~ rei'z'esnme~ z-corn off ~he res~oauranz, ~oZel cz- cluo, a~d s~all no~ oe sumed o~ served at Oaz's; pz. ovided ~ne same may be served cou~ez~s wnez. e iood is rei'ularly sez-ved a~ co~sumed. shall be no parzi~ion, 0ox, s~all, screen, cur~ai~ oz. device which s~all obszruc~ ~he view cZ a~y paro o~ said i'~o~ ~ne genewal oosezva~ioa off pez-sons i~ 2~iG ~ec~ion 10. Revoca'~io~ add Suspension. Aay Ooa~-~cilmen cz' bn~ ~layoz' of the ~i~y oi' Oolumoia heights may a~ ~ime sus~ end fo~~ a period o~ noz ~o excee~ Z0 days the license off a l~ce~see oy ffili~' wi'oh ~ne city clerk cZ' sai~ city on order zo zha~ efffec~. A:~y license granZed ~ereu~dez. may ce z-evoked oy t~e ooucil az any ~ime wi~nou~ notice. Any violation cz any provisio~ ~ condkzio~ oi '~his o~-dina~ce cz~ any z'alsificazi ~ off a~~ sza~emen~ i~ ~he application shall ~e ~~~~~~x~x~x~~m~~~ Ilo PO~'~ion oz' %i~ license zee paid i~%o ~ne ciuy ~z'easury shall ce ~tu,.aed ~poa 5ec'~io~ ll. ?e~,aluy. Aay pez'soa viola~iug a,y p~-ovis- io~ oi' ~kis oz-ai,-,.a~,ce shall be guilty o£ a ~sisderneauo~, a~d upo~ co~viczio,~ ~nereoz shall se punished oy a fi:~e no~ less ~ha~] ~lO.O0 ~io;~ ~nore ~na~ ~lO0.O0. o~, i,~ dezaul~ cz~ sucn pay~ea~ shall be impriso,,ea zoo. ~o~ ~o exceed ~iae~ da~s, plus ~he oos~s~ O~ P~-osecu'~io~ is a~,y c~se. seo~io~ 12. ~ffec~. l't~is o~'di~a:~ce oeicg ~ecesaa~.y ~, ~n~ i~m~sedia~e P~-ese~-va'~io~ cz' ~he public peace and shall ~ake ei'£ec~ la, mediately. Adopted oy ~ne Off cz. ed oy Decoaded Oy iiol! ~all, ~yes ~ay es :Se cZ'e"O