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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 24 Tax/Alcohol ORDIANCE NO. 24 AN ORDINANCE TO REGUIATE THE SALE OR FURNISHING OF PACKAGE BEER-WINE-ALE IN THE VILLAGE OF NORTH ORIANDO, FLORIDA: REQUIRING A PERMIT TO BE OB- TAINED FROM THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND THE PAYMENT OF AN ANNUAL LICENSE TAX TO ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING BEER-WINE-ALE; PRESCRIBING THE AMOUNT CF SUCH LICENSE TAX AND THE LICENSE YEAR THEREFOR: PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOIATION OF THE PRO- VISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. SECTION 1: License Required. That no person shall engage in the business of selling beer-wine and ale in the Village of North Orlando, Florida, without first obtaining from the Town Council of said town a license so to do and without paying the license tax hereinafter provided. Licenses shall be issued only to persons of good moral character who have not been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude, who are at least 21 years of age and only to such corporations whose officers and directors are persons of good moral character. Application for such license shall be filed with the Town Tax Collector in duplicate in writing under oath on such form as shall be approved by the Town Council. The application shall designate the exact place or places where it is proposed to conduct such business and the name or names of the person or persons to be in charge thereof. The Town Tax Collector shall file the said application with the Town Clerk who shall present said application to the Village Council at its next regular meeting or any special meeting called far the purpose of considering said application, and the Village Council may grant or may defer the same for investigation or may refuse to grant said license if in their opinion the best interests of the village so require. If the application for licenses is approved by the Village Council, the Village Tax Collector shall thereupon issue a license to said person upon the payment of the license tax hereinafter provided. The license shall be in triplicate, the original to the applicant, a copy sent to the state Beverage Department and a copy to be retained by the Village Tax Collector. If a majority of the Village Council refuse to grant said license, the Village Clerk shall endorse the action of the Village Council upon the application and return the same to the Village Tax Collector who shall file the original and send the copy with the endorsement of the action of the Village Council thereon to the state Beverage Department. No license shall be granted to a vendor, except a vendor of wines, beer and ale only. ~, SECTION 2: Amount of License Tax and License Year. that the following shall be the amounts of any license taxes to be paid: (a) For vendors who may sell only Beer, Wine, and Ale Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) (b) The license year for which such license tax shall be paid shall begin on the first day of October and end on the 30th day of September of the following year, except that any person applying for license before the first day of October shall be entitled thereto upon the payment of one-half of said annual license tax and thereafter such license tax shall be payable on the first day of October ot each Year. Vendors may at any time obtain a license for a period of six months from the date of license upon the payment of two-thirds of the annual license tax herein required. SECTION 3. No license shall ever after be issued in the name (Invalid as per of any other person for the person whose license has been revolked or sus- State Statue) pended. No part of the license tax paid shall be refunded upon the revo- cation or suspension of the license. SECTION 4. Prohibiting the Sale to Minors or Intoxicated Persons. No person who is a vendor of Beer-Wine-Ale by himself, itself or another, shall sell or cause to be sold or furnished or permit any person in his employ to sell or furnish any minor or any person who is intoxicated or drunk any intoxicating liquor in any quantity. SECTION 5. That it shall be lawful to sell beer-wine-and ale trom 7:00 .AM until 12:00 PM every day Monday through and including Sunday SECTION 6. That it shall be unlawful to sell beer-wine or ale from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on special or primary election days, either national, state, county, or municipal. SECTION 7: Meaning of Terms. That in this ordinance the word vendor shall include all persons, associations of persons or corporations selling beer-wine-ale at retail and all persons comprising a firm, as well as the persons actually violating the provisions hereof, shall be liable for prosecution hereunder for the violation hereof of any officer of the corporation, employee of the firm or agent of the corporation. SECTION 8: Penalties. That any vendor found guilty of viola- tion of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars and/or the revocation of license, or by' imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, and each sale of Beer-Wine-; Ale in violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense punishable here- under. SECTION 9: Repeal of Confiicting Ordinances. That all ordinances, or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become ef- tective immediately upon its passage by the Village Council of the Village of North Orlando, Florida, and approval by the Mayor of said Village. SECTION 11: This ordinance shall become effective on the 15th day of September 1962 upon its passage by the Town Council and approved by the Mayor. PASSED and ADOPTED by the Village Council of the Village 0f North Orlando, Florida, this 15th day of September 1962.