Ordinance 71ORDINANfeE..NO'. 7 } MF Iii
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AN 0.2DINANCE TO REGULATI' TfL 9LE QR i
B(EENISHING OB INTOXICATIlPG LI@UOAS IN ',
TFH; TONN OF LONGW00D, ^LORIDA• REQUIR- ~
ING A PEAA~QT TO BE OBTAINED FHOtd THE
'. TOWN COUNCLL ANH Th'E PAYALN'l OF AN ANNU-
', AL LICENSE TAX '!b ENGAGE LV THE HUSITIESS '
'~. OF SELLING LYTOXICATING LIQUQ2S• PRE-
, SGRIHING mNE AFLOUNf OF SVCH LIC~NSE TAX
' AtiO TiH; LIC:3TSE YEAR TNERiEFOR~ PROVIDING
'', A Pe..NALTY BOA THE VIOLATION CF THE PA0.
VISIONS OF TFSH ORDINANCE, AND REPEALING
' ALL ORDINAPICES IN CONFLICP REllk"MTR.
I ~^ IT 3JACIED HY TkE FEOPLE OF THE TOVIN OB LONG.':OOD, FLORII]A:
SECTION 1: License Reeuiaed. Thetn son shall
engage in the business oP selling intoxicating liquors in the
orm o£ Longwood, Florida, without first obtaining from the Town
'. Council of said town a 13cense So to vo and without paying the
license tax hereinafter provided. Licenses shall he issued only
to persons of good moral cnaracter who have not been convicted
. any olYense involviav moral turpitudeho ar at least 21
yearn of age and on'~y to such corporations whose oY£icers and
', directors ar moons of good moral character. Application for
uch license shall be Filed with the Town Tax Collector in dupli-
cate in writing under oath on such Porm a shall be approved by
the Tam Council. The application shall designate the exact
I place or places where it is proposed to conduct such business and
~'., the nsae or names of Lhe ~ son r persons to be in charge there-
_. The To'.vn Tax Collector shall file the szld application with
the Tovm Clerk who shall present said application to the Tovm
Council at its next regular me etinn or any special meeting called
'. for the purpose of considering said appl3c atioa, and the Town
', Council may g_ant or may defer the sa~.ae fm' investigation, or may '..
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refuse to grant said lio ense if in veir opinion th best i_nte~r-
ests of the tovm so require.. If the application Yor license iS
approved by the Tovm Counell, the Tovm Tax Collector shall there-
upon issue a license to said person upon the payment o£ the li-
' ranee tax hereinaYt er provided. The license shall be in tripli- '
rate, the original to the applicant, a copy sent to the Stato
Beverage Department and a copy to be retained by the Tovm Tax
Collector. I£ a majority of Lhe Town Council refuse to grant
said license, the town Clerk sba.11 endorse the action oY the
Tovm Cou_nC11 upon the application and return the same to the
Tax Collector who shall Yile the original and send the copy with
the andorsement of the action o£ the Town Council thereon to the
~~ State Beverage Departmen~.;i NO license shall b9 granted to a
~excepta vendor oY wines and beer only, whose place oP
}L~`N"G ,i/ business i3 or si'+a.ll be within Tku~ee Thousand feet of an estab-
ly , /~ 1?shed school o Church. No_ licene_€granted hereunder shall be
I~ transferable and all li censeeS by the acceptances C.° their li-
cen~es agree that their nlaues oP busine shall at all times be
subject to be inspected and searched without a search warrant by
/ the Tovm Fiarshall of the Tw+n oY Longwood, Florida.
S.CTION 2: Amount oY License Tax and License Year.
That the follov+ing shall be the amounts of any license taxes to
\~ ~ J be paid:
r '~ (a) For vendors who mays 11 my beve ag ontaini~~
1 hot o£ than one per centum by- eight and re than
~1`~ `~ f t _en pe tum, and wines regardl of alcoh 1 n-
l~Y pp ~
N t t .. o e .0515<00
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', (b) For vendors operatiq; plness of Dus mess v&xe.in-
toxicating liquors are "sold, other than wines and beer provided
for in the preceding paragraph, onay in sealed containers for
consumption off the premisas where sold $225.00
(c) For vendors operat iz~c, nlaees of business where ~
uch intoxicating liquors are sold, other than wines and beer,
and consumed on the premi es $300.00
The license year for which such 1lc ease tax shall be
pai3 shall begin on the 15.rst day of October and end on the 30th
dsy oP September oP the following year, e cept that any person '~
apolying for license before the first day of October, 1937 shall
be entitled thereto upon the payment o. o e-half of said axu~ual
licenae tax and thereaz'ter such license tax shall be ps yabl e. on
the first day of October of each yeaz~. Vendors may at any tim
obtain a license Por a perio3 0£ six months from the date o£ li-
e upon the payment o£ two-thirds o£ the annual license tax
herein required. The holder oY a license for'the sale o. intox-
icating liquors shall be authorized to sell wine and beer witho~d,
the payment of an additional license tax. Applications for a
license for the sole purpose of selling wines and beer shall be
filed in the same manner as applications for the sale o£ intox-
icating liquors n scribed in the preceding paragraph.
SECTION 3: Revocation and 3 oP License,
That the business of sel1L g intoxicating liquors shall be con-
ductad in an orderly and peaceful manner end iY in the opinion
o£ the Town Covnc3l such business is not being so conducted, the
license therePOr may a£Y,er notice or hearing be revoked or sus-
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'pended for such per io3 f time as 3n the dis creti ' of the Tovm
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'Council may be proper, and no license shall ever after ie issued '~I
in the name o£ any other person Por the person who s_ license has i
been r yoked or sus ended. NO part of the license tax paid shall
be re.uned upon theurevoc ation or suspension of the 1lc ense. ',.'
SECTICN 4: Prohibitine tha Sale to Minors or Intoxi- '~
cate3 Per No person 'arho Ss a vendor oY intoxieatiryg liquors, ~~
by hiIDSel_*', itsel' or another, -=hall sell or exuse tmbe sold ~, ',
~~ furnished or _ emit any person Sn his eaploy to sell or furnish ''.
any ainor or aryy person rvho is in..oxSCatsd or drunk any intoxica- ~
'i. ting liquor in any Quantity.
SECi'ION 5: No Mvsors to be Emoloved. That it shall
Iii be umawi~l for any vendor of intoxicating liquors to emyloy a
vnor in his or its place of business.
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'~ SECTION 6: No Sale on Sunday or Election Davs. That
it shall be. unlawful to sell intoxicating liquors from 5 P..M.
~~i Saturday until 7 A. M. of th_ 'Pollov.~i.ng Wonday, and on special 'i
I p unary election days, either State. county or munvcipal. This ''..
Section not to apply' to places selling wines and beer only..
SECTION ']: Meanine of Termso That in this ordinance
~~ the vmrd vendor shall include all persons, as iai ons oP persons
corporations sellixb intoxicating liquors at retail and all
persons comprising a Yir , well as the persons actually viola- '',
'. ti:b the provisions hereof, shall be 1Sable for prosecution here- ~i
sunder for the violation hereof of any officer oY the corporation,
~, aaployee of the firm or agent o£ the'corporation.
SECTTON 8: Penalties. That any vendor Pound guilty
o. violetion-o. any of'theprovisions oY this ora.nance shall be
punished by a Pine not exceeding Two Fundred ($200.00) Dollars
and/or the revoea pion o£ license, or by impris oativent not exceed-
i~ ninety (90) days, and each sale of intoxicating liquors in
violation her eoY shall constitute 3 separate oYfense punishable
her'eender.
SECTIOld 9: Reneal of Conflictira Ordins ces. That
all ordinances or part. of Ordinances in conflict herevrith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 10: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall
become effective inenedl ate ly upon its passage by the Tovm Council
n.° the Totm of LoxUwood, Florida, snd approval by the C9ayor o£
said To:m~ and shall be published by posting in three public
plat ea in the Town of Longwood, Florida, within ten (10) Bays
after its passage. "
We hereby tify that the foregoing Ordinance rr
sed end adopted by Ehe Tovm r__. of tbe~Trn~m.oP Lo~voodr
Florida on the J~ %~- day oP ~:,~. ~7'//~~* ' _~ A~. D. 1937.
_ vivfr7t ~ )=f-~u~~e
'~ ire siden- t o£ the T cil
£ the Tovm o£ Longvrood~un lorida.
Att ~
Tovm Clerk.
I hereby tify that the going Ordinance was by
e pr ~d to the hiay P T v~~~f.'LOngwood, Florida, on
mhe ~3.~. day o£ ~a~,~~,w~.-d-v-/ _A. D. 1937.
thia ~~JThe~abova, d fq¢ goir~e Grdinance is ap_roved by me,
y of ~9oe , A. D. 1937.
Town