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.
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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
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Decoaded Oy
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