0553 Alcoholic Beverage SalesORDINANCE NO. 553
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31 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; ADDING CHILD
CARE CENTERS TO THE PROTECTED ACTIVITIES; PROVIDING
METHOD OF MEASURING THE REQUIRED DISTANCE; PROVIDING
THAT APPLICATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FOR BUSINESS
FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SHALL INCLUDE
CERTIFICATE AND DRAWING BY CERTIFIED LAND SURVEYOR
SHOWING DISTANCE OF PROPOSED BUSINESS FROM NEAREST
CHURCH, SCHOOL OR CHILD CARE CENTER; PROVIDING THAT
AMENDMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO EXISTING BUSINESSES
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SUCH AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE NOR TO
THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH LICENSE PENDING AT THE
EFFECTIVE DATE; 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, o 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
any established church o-, school, or child care
center, which said distance shall be measured along a
straight line by--fe-1-1ova-is~g--the-s4io7rztes-t---ro1dte-_er€
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'a-r, -s-tree-t, from the nearest point nthe
rty
line of said business to the nearest point ponpethe
property line of the property owned or utilized _y
said church, e-r school or child care center; provided
that this section shall not apply to establishments
selling malt beverages for consumption off the
premises only.
(b) No new occupational license shall be issued
for any place of business for the sale of alcoholic
beverages unless the applicant for said occupational
license shall first submit a certified statement and
drawing by a certified land surveyor showing the
distance of said ro osed business from the nearest
church, school or child care center said distance
being measured in accordance with the preceedinq
paragraph
SECTION II: This ordinance shall not apply to those businesses
previously issued an occupational license for
business for the sale of alcoholic beverages nor to
those applications for occupational license pending
at the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION III: This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption.
Introduced on first reading and set for public hearing on
this _ 6th day of August, 1'985,
•
MAY R OAKLAND R.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed on second reading and public hearing this 20th day
of August , 1985.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk