Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 14 - Regulate Sale of Alcohol — reading text

41 yuh porduvionne 71" ORDINANCE NO. 14 AN ORDINANCE ZONING AND DESIGNATING THE TRRITORY WITHIN WHICH IN THE TOWN OF FORT WALTON, FLORIDA, THAT ALCOHOLIC AND INTOX ICATING LIQUORS, WINES, AND BEERS, REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENTS MAY BE SOLD, BARTERED, OR EXCHANGED; PRESCRIBING THR MANNER IN WHICH SUCH LICENSE MAY BE OBTAINED AND TO WHOM LI= CENSES MAY BE ISSUED AND PROHIBITING™ LICENSES FROM BRING ISSUED TO ANY PERSON, OR CORPORATION FOR SALE AT ANY PLACE WITHIN feet, OR ANOTHER ALREADY VENDOR OF SUCH ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS; AND PRESCRIBING THE AMOUNT TO BE PATD FOR SUCH LICENSE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREOF: THE TOWN OF FORT WALTON, FLORIDA, DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That from and after the date on which this erdinance shall become effective, no person shall engage in, Manage, or cause to be erigaged in or operated the business as vendor or alcohelic and intoxicating liquors, wines and beers, - regardless of alcoholic content, without first precuring a Town License therefor as herein provided and pay the amount thereafter as fixed and required by this ordinance. He shall make sworn affidavit to the city Clerk, on a form previded by said Clerk, fur such purpese, which shall give the name, ®c- cupation and place of business together with such further in- formation as may be recuired, and the applicant fer such li- cense shall give the names of five business and professional men as reference, who may be called upon by the Town Clerk, should it be deemeé advisable, for information as to the character, business integrity and past history ef the person, firm or corporation applying for a license under the terms and conditions of this ordinance. Such application together 42 with notice as te when such application shall be considered by the Town Council shall be publishediin a newspaper pub- lished in the said town. If there be no newspaper published in said town, it shall be published in a newpaper published . in Okaloosa County, Florida, at the expense ef the applicant, immediately prior to the date of the hearing of the said application, at which time, any person interested may appear and object to the granting of such license. Thereafter the said Town Council shall consiaer said application and either grant or reject same according to its best judgment and dis- eretion: Previded that where an applicant shall have been | granted a license heretofore or under this ordinance and such license and continuation thereof shall not have been revoked and his qualification not impaired, such applicant shall be entitled to receive licenses for succeeding years, as a matter ef course upen application to the Town Clerk and the payment of the tax. Section 2. No license or licenses issued under the provisions ef this ordinance shall be transferable or assign- able from one person to another nor from one location to ano ther. Section 3. Ne license shall be issued to a retail vendor to sell beverages, regardless of alcoholic content in any Place of business locatea within Feet in an air-line measured from main entrance to main entrance in which there is already a retail vender licensed by the said Town of Fert Walton, Flerida, nor shall such license be 43 issued during the period in which an existing license is renewable as a matter of course under the terms of Section One of this ordinance. Section 44 That the person receiving a license as retail vendor of aleoholic kiaudeors, regardless of alcehelic centents, shall pay a tax to the said Clerk of the said town for the use of the said Town the following amount te wit: (a) Retail venders selling beverages consumed on PLEMISES. cerecrvcccccccervvccessccsecesess o $500 600 (bo) Retail vendors selling beverages not to be censumed on the premises (Package Store)... 250.00 Section 5. That the following described territory of the Town of Fort Walten, Fjylorida, is hereby designated and zoned as the territory in said Town in which vendors of said alcoholic liquors, regardless of alcoholic content, approved by Town council, upen application aforesaid shall have and operate their Place of business, to wit: All that territory SeoctLogeetion 6-6 It shall be unlawful fer any person, firm er corperation to barter, sell, or exchange alcehelic liouors, regardless of alcoholic content in any part or territory of. the said Town of Fort Walton, Flerida, except that part set apart, zoned and designated in section five hereof. ané@ it shall be unlawful for any vendor of such alceholic licquers, without having first complied with ordinance te barter, sell er exchange such liquors. Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective im- mediately upon its Passage and abproval by the Mayor, or upon its becoming a law without his approval. A@opted and passed this 57 day of a 1944 approved this. 3” day of Daa1944 Clerk Ry oe Mayor 4