0577 Alcoholic Beverage SalesORDINANCE NO. 577
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3-3 OF THE CODE
• OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA,
WHICH SECTION RESTRICTS THE LOCATION OF BUSINESSES
ENGAGED IN THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PROVIDING
FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 3-3 FOR
THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS SELLING WINE FOR CONSUMPTION OFF
PREMISES ONLY; PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE
REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 3-3 FOR THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS
OPERATING UNDER A VALID CITY OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FOR
OPERATION OF A RESTAURANT AND WHICH SELL MALT BEVERAGES
AND WINE FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES ONLY; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Chapter 3. Section 3-3, of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Okeechobee is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec.3-3. Distance from church, school, or child
care center.
(a) No place of business for the sale of
alcoholic beverages shall be located within seven
hundred (700) feet of property owned or utilized by
any established church, school, or child care center,
which said distance shall be measured along a
straight line from the nearest point on the property
line of said business to the nearest point on the
property line of the property owned or utilized by
said church, school, or child care center; provided
that this section shall riot apply to establishments
selling malt beverages and wine for consumption off
the premises only, nor to those establishments which
operate under a valid City Occu ational license for
operation of a restaurant and which sell malt
beverages and wine for consumption on the premises
on y.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption.
Introduced for first reading and set for public hearing on
this 6th day of may, 1986.
OAKLAND HAPMAN, AYOR
BONNIE S. THOMAS, CITY CLERK
Passed on second reading and public hearing this 20th day
of May, 1986.
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OA LAND CHAPMAN, OR
ATTEST:
BONNIE THOMAS, CLERK