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0163 (Imposing Licenses and Taxes on Alcohol ).4; • 1 CRDI-ACE 70. U,93 AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING LICENSES A7D OTHER TAXES ON THE MANUFACTURE; LISTRIBUT:ON AND SALE CF BEVERAGES CONTAINING 14RE-THAN ONE PER CENTUM OF ALCOHOL, PROVIDING ZOR TLE PAYMENT ArD COLLECTION THEREOF ATTD PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED 3Y THE ::IYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF T77 CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA: Section 1. 170 person, firm or corporation, shall-enae in the manufacture, distribution and sale of beverages contain- ing more than one per centum of alcohol, within the corporate limits of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, unless a City license shall hays been procured from the Tax Collector•of said City and attc;stsd in the name of the City Clerk and the corporate seal of :Laid City ir]pressed thereon by the City Clerk, whose fee for attesting and placing the seal thereon shall be twenty five cents (25), paid by the person or persons, firm or corporation taking out said license. Section 2. All licenses isned pursuant to the provisions of Lis Ordinance shall be payable on Cr before the first day of January in each year, and no license shall be issued for any fractional part of a year, except that after the first day of October, A. D. 1935, such licenses may be issued after the first day of July, in each year, to expire January 1st in the succeeding year, upon payment of one-half of the amount fixed as the price of such license for one year. Section 3. Licenses shall be lssusd only to persons of Rood .• 1-67ett2 character, who have not been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude, and who are not 1es than twenty- one years of age. Licenses to corporations shall be issued only to corporations whose directors and officers are persons of good moral character snd who have not been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude. There shall be no exemption from the license taxes herein provided to any person, association of oerscns or corporations, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. 7o persons under sentence or parole and no person now a fugitive charged with violating the prohibition laws of the State of Florida or the United States shall be granted a license to manufacture, sell or distribute alcoholic beverages es defined under the terms of this Ordinance. 7o license under this Ordinance shall be issued within two years after such conviction or revocation to any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this L'rdinance, or to any corporation any of whose officers or directors shall be convicted of a violation Of this Ordinance, or to any person or corporation wnose license under this Ordinance shall be revoked. Any violation of any of the provisions of_this Ordinance by any person, firm or corporation, who has there- tofore procured a license from the City of Okeechobee, shall be cause for revocation of the license. Section 4 as follows: Licenses heroin referred to sha'll be classified A. =DORS. Each Vendor shall pay an annual City license tax as follows: 1. Vendors who may sell only bevera,7es containing . alcohol of more than 1 per cent by weight and not more than 14 per cent by weight, and wines regardless of alcoholic content A 47.50. 11. Vendors operating places of business 7.here beverages are sold only in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where sold $75.00 .:E! eo III. Vendors operating places of business were consumption on the premises is permitted - 700.00 IV. Persons associated together as a chartered or incorpereted club, including social clubs incorporated by orders of Circuit Judes, after charters have been found to be for objects authorized. Ly law c.nd. approved by the said Judges aS organized for lawful business and not for the purpose of evading license taxes on dealers in bevserages defined herein, which such organ- izations are bona fide clubs, and at the time of apelicstion for license hereunder 'shall have been in continuous active existence and operation for a period of not less than two years in the City of Okee- chobee, shall, before serving or distributine: to their members or non-resident guests the beverages defined herein, whether such service or distribution be made ueon contri- bution to the club of money or by check or other device, Day an annual license tax of 162.50 ,-...,ecussn 5. Each manufacturer authorized to do business under the erovisions of :Tec'us-e Bill 4495, Las's of Floridc, Acts of 1335, shall )IT on annual City License Tax as follows: A. if engaged in ,s, maneisc.sare es 1.1iles and e4 of nothing else, a City license tax of - B. If engaged in the manufacture of wines snd cordials and of ncthing else a license tax of 150.001 C. If engaged in the business of brewing malt lioucrs and nothing else, a City license tax of 6375.00 D. If engaged in the business of distilling soiritous liquors snd nothing else, a City License tax of -- $375.00 E. If engaged in the business of rectifying snd/or blending seiritcus liquors and ing else, aCi+y jicense tax 01 002!).00 Persons licensed hereunder in the business of distilling sDiritcus liouors may also engage in the business of rectifying and blending spiritous liquors withcut the payment of an additional license tax. F. Mach Distributor who shall sell beverages containing alcohol of more than 1 per cent by weight and not more than 14 per cent by weir;ht and wines regardless of alcoholic content, shall pay for each and every such establishment or branch he may operate CT conduct, a city license tax of . . . 1100.00. 1,/ G. All other Distributors shall pay a license tax of 1175.00') Section Licensees, by the acceptance of their licenses, agree that their places of business during business hours shall always be subject tc be inspected and searched without warrant by the police officers. If any Vendor has an additional building or store :coos' for the storing of a portion of their stock of beverages such vsndors agree that such additional buildins7s or storerooms nay be inspected and searched at any time by any police officer of the City of Okee- chobee. Section_7. It shall be unlawful for any Licensee tc sell, a:iv- serve 2 .oermit to be served, intoxicatiag liuors, wines, beer Or 'oeveTaes to D---Tscns ander tri,,,ntv-cne.-ver:Ts of o. Section 8 It shall be unlawful for any Vendor, licenscd under the provisions of this Ordinance, to employ any Person under twenty-one years of age, whose disabilities of nona7e 'VC not been removed, to work in the place of busireo of such Vendor. Section 9. The Sale of intoxicating licuors between the hours of 12:00 o'clock P. H. Saturdsy and 12:00 ofolock P. M. Sunday is 4ereby expressly prohibited. search Section 10 Yo license Issued under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be granted to a Vendor whose place of business rr 4 is or shall be within ‘5C)0 feet of an established school Cr Section 11 Distributors, when so licensed under the provisions of -Lcis Ordinance, shall b permitted tc oi1 nd istributc' the beverage herein referred to at wholesale to other licensed distributors, to licensed vendors, to licensed clubs and to no one else within the said Oity of Okeechobee. But no distributor a:Ian sell or distribute to any vendor, any beverage which such vendor is not licensed to sell nor shall any vendor buy from any distributor any beverage which such vendor is not licensed to sell. Section 12 ro dist±ibutor, vendor, or club liccnsed, under the provisions of is Ordinance, shall sell any beverage or liquors unless stiae is authorized for sale by the laws of te 'United States of America and the State of Florida, Section 13 Any person violating any provisions of Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of net more than $500.00 or imprisonment of not more than ninety days, Cr both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the L:ayor and my license issued to any person found :.;uilty of violating said ordinance sh.11 be immediately revoked. Section 14, All Ordinances and parts rdinaces in conflict 7:-evewit'i be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Section 15 This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the ::a.yor. 0 upon taking effect without such approval. IWO • Read a first time and by unanimous consent assed to a second readin. Read a second time and by unanimous consent oassed 4-- a third and final reading. Read a third time and oassed in open session of m City Council this -I dEy of June, A. D. 193. Attest; President - Oity Council The abzve and forzoing Ordinance is hereby approved. by me this /r-dav of June, A. D. 1935.