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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 97 i O R D I N A N C E N 0 " "i 3 4 AN ORDINANCE 01I THE SUBJECT 07 LICEHSES FOR THE SALE OR 5 OTHER DISPOSITION OF LI~.~r0P,.~ .... L'I~[ITINO THE NU!(BER OF LICEN+ 6 SES, PRESCRIBING CONDITIONS UPON WHICH LICENSES ~AY BE GRANT- 7 ED, FIXING THE ~..[OUNT OF Ai. iNU~ LIC.EHSE ~ES, PRESCRIBING 8 PUNISHMENT FOR AN INFRACTION OF SAiD ORDINANCE, Ai~D ~,~P~AL- 9 ING ALL PREVIOUS EXISTING ORDINANCES. 11 Tile Board of Trustees of t!le (~itTr of Be~kei'sfield do or- i 12 dain s.s follows:- 1S SECTION 1.- Evary person, fiinu oi' corporation siiall before 14 engaging in or con~encing the ~-3...~._ne.~..,o~ of selling, s~rving 15 or giving s~ay spirituous, ~.mlt ~' fern~efited 'liquors', wines or cide$'s ('o~' ~:.~xed .~n~oxicating liquor's ), ?.~it!~in ti~e 17 of the City of Bake~'sfield, obtain a ]_ioense tiber'cf or 18 said City for one year, and pay for ti~e smue3tDesm'.~s~ 19 ~' he~-ednaftez" specified; provided, +'~'~*,,.~.,~ no license shall 20 be issued, fo~- any saloon, b~' ~--~3(a.~,'" drmu sho'o ..... or ti~o!ing 21 hotlse, Ol- any other place wtlei, e spix'ituous, ~aalt, or 22 merited liquors, wines, o~' cider's, ox' ~"'~-~],~,~.~_. iutoxioating. liquors, 8~e sold., given awa~f o~' otherwise disposed of, ex- 24 cept under' an order of the Board of Trustee...~ of said City. 25 ~ ~, -- ~ ,~.~. ~ ~ SEuTI,~{ ~ - Tllat:;~t. he licenses to be' ~~ he~'~undei~ be classified as Follows, to-wit: "~' 1 "Eq~olesale Liquor Dealer's License," 2 "Retail Liquor Dealer's License." S Each class of ~;aid licenses to b~ applicable only to 4 the particu!s~~ class of liquor b~siness as hereinafter 5 specified, for whiot~ the smu~-~s issued, except as otl~erwise 6 Drovid. ed herein; it shall be ti~e duty of tt~e H~A'shs[1 of ? said City of Bakersfield to issue licenses under tills 8 dinance according to and under ti~e classification specified 9 . in the pe~m.~its ti~erefor, ~vi~ich st~all be filed with the City lO Clerk of said City of ~akersfield, in tl~e umue of the per- ll son or persons designated in suci~ permit, and liable to pay 12. the license under tl~e sm'~?'~ tt~e Hs~'shal to have the collec- 1~ tion of all suci~ licenses so issued ~. the pay- l~ merit ~ade by tt~e applicant to ti~e Cit]~ 91erk for an origi- 17 SECTION 3.- For tt~e p~'poses of this ordinance a wholesale' 18 liquor establistnuent ~is declared to be a place where sDirit- uous, vinous, malt or mixed intoxicating ~' , z~q~.~oz s a~-e. sold, 20 se~ved o~- given a~vay in quantities of not less than one pint, '" ~l and vd~ere such liquors are sold, served or given away, not ~S to be drunk upon the pre~uises whe~'e so sold., served or g~ven ~ ~.W~; ~M6 any person, wl~o, as o~vner, agent, or oti~erwise, 2~ conducts o~- ca,'ties on any sz;e.'t~ place or establisl~uent, the 25 stone being conducted o~' c~r!ed on eitl~er exclusively or in 26 connection with, o~"-o~- e. psz-t, _ ~,,.~ deoa~'tment or branch of any other business or occupation, is for ~he p~'pose of t!~is ..... ~8- · 8rdinance, decl~'ed to be '~ ~,~'~ .... 1 wt~olesa!e liquor dealer; provided, however, that neither 2 the provisions of this ordinance nor a~ of the definitions ~ herein given, shall a'..pDly to tl~e sale 10~ druggists, for r~edicinal~'purposes only, ugon :p~scriy~tion in w~-it.ing given 5 by any regularly licensed ph~'~cian of s.n~,~ of the articles 6 herei~ en~3.er at ed. 7 8 SECTION 4.- For tt~e ;.p~'Dose of ti~is.o~din~uce a z'ets, i! 9 liquor estab!ist~aent is declared to be a place vd~ere s~)irit- lO nons., vinous, malt or ~,]ixed intoxicating ~im~ors are sold, ll served or given ay;ay i0y the drink or glass to 'ce drunk 1R either upon the ~ ~,~'~ .pre....loeS or else~vhere; orovided, however, 13 tl~at neither of the ?f~rovisions of this ordinance nor any'-'O~ 14 the definitions hez'ein given shall apply to the sale by 15 '~[~juggists, for ~nedicinal purposes only,-uPon a prescriotion 18 in ~--riting, given by any reg~.l~ly licensed o~sicis, n of any 17 of tl~e articles herein enzn;~erated. 18 19 SECTION 5.- Any person or oersons, firr~ or corporation, 20 who, either .as owner, agent, lessee, or otherwise, oonducts or c2rries on a retail liquor estal01isinuent as herein '~ is for the :o~ooses of tills ordinance declared to be. carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer. 24 SECTION 6.- That the rate of license for eugagins in e.~cl c~rying on the business of a ~v!~o!esa!e liquor dealer. 27 the City of Bal~$rsfie!d, is !%ereby fixed at tl~e s~v~ of one hundred a~d fifty doi~'~'s Do~ 7~e~z~, Da!table in ~d~vance',~ a.n_d i tD_e license issued thei-efor is desi~=nated "'~Rlolesale LiGv,.or 2 License." ', 3 Tl~at the rate. of license fol' engaging ,.!n an~ cai-tying 4 on the business of a !'etai~2ciuol' dealer in the City oF 6 dollsi'sk pez' yesr for eaci?place, ~oaya'ble !n ~.dvance, "an~ [' ? the license issued t!~ez'efor is d. esignated "Retail Liquor 8 License." 10 SECTI6N 7.- A separate license mu~t be obtained roi- each ll place, or branch establish%tent,' where said business is tied on; a retail license, !~owever, at,all ~ntitle tl~e licen- see at 'the sm~'~e place of business and. as a pa~t of the sm~e 14 business, to conduct a wholesale liquor establislm':~ent, but no reta~ liquo~ es~liskq~'nt cm~ be COhducted'U~de~ 18 w!~o!esa!e liquor license, 17 : 18 ' SECTION 8.- '~Jo license shall be granted to anl.~ pek'son, ' : firm or corooration, under the provisions of this ordinance, , 20 unless the applicant tl~erefor ~be a bona fide resident 21 the City of Bakersfield~ and contizmes to be such during ti~e 25 'ter:~ of said. ,license. SECTION 9.- V~enever any person, firm or corporation de- sires to open, keep or conduo.~', a wholesale o~' retail 'liquor .establiska::~ent in sai~ City, or e,..o.~_,e ~a~ in t!~e business t!~ere- ~ g8 ... of, sucli person, flit;fl, or corDorati'on shall hake an applica- tion in writing to the Bo~-d off Trustees for ~ermission to . 28 .... - ..... '- . ..... · ...... 1 obtain the license there.in required, and sh~.!l file ~7itt~ 2 said ap!~li~ation a ~?ritten recon~.~'...endation setting forth that . ~ the applicant or applicants are of good moral cD.P~acter, and ~ ~e sober and suitable persons to conduct such business, ~ th~.$ such place of busine~ i~ a suitable, respectable and ./ 0 o~-o,'>er cality for conductivity'the business agreeably to 7 social order and.due police regulations of the city, which S reco~uendation ~uust be Signed by not less than ten respect- ~ able citizens of said city (none of ~hon~ shall be ~mployees lO of or l~old office under said city), owning or occupying ll property in the i~ned, iate vicinity of such proposed estab- l~ lis2~uent, giving their residences ~ places of business and 15 cc cup at i ohs. lA The application herein required shall contain ~ad set 1~ forth: 10 l~,~: TI~e :o.e~'ae and residence th applicant or agDlicants 1? and how long he or tl~ey have resided in tl~e City of Bakers- 18 field. 1~ ~nd: The p~ticu!ar place for which license is required ~0 and ti~e n~ue of. the owner of t!~e prer~_ises. ~ ~1 Srd: T!~at the' ap~olicant or applicants ~re the only persons ~ interes'fsd 'in tl~e business asked to be licensed, and tibet Z3. no other person or persons shall ~e in:'auyt'~vay interested ~4 ~',~'~in duri;~? the -~-ti'~,o~ c..n ..... ~._ce of the . 2~ ~th: Whether o~' not th~ applicant or applicants have i~ad --'a ~ice'nse for-tl~e sale of l~uor in said Oity of Bake. r.s~ .,.~7 -field revoked dim'lng any tinge preceding !~is o~' their pre- i 5th:. Whether the aD.plication is original or a renewal, 2 said a~olicatio.,.u r:,.ust be verified by the _a~li'eant or ack, li- S , cants. ' the applicant 4 Before i~i~ing such ~iSDl~cati:oh'~ shall pay 'to the' City' 5 Clerk the m~z~ require~ to obtain the license desired, n~e- ' ~ ,, ~. 'L '":'~ ' ..... ~. ~ .~ 6 !y,~- hu~O~:~ .~'d... fift.~ ~doll~s. if for a wholesale. .... ~c,~ca.,. .... 7 !i6ense ~-t'h~' a~:.iic~.t~ou~%~inal, to ~av for the !i- 8 cerise for Ohm ?e=~ in advance; and~.'ti~ee-.~.r~d~d'~ol!s~s if 9 for a retail liquor !ice~se ~! %n~-c~'o-oli'c~.t'ior~..~ .... 10 to .pay for the license for ou~..~,~r i~ advance. 'The sr~%ounts 11 so received by t!~e City. Clerk shall be returned to applicant 12 if the application is denied. Tl~e City Clez'k sl~a].l, there.- 1~ upon endorse upon said applicatio~ that the requisite ~ount 1'4 has been ..maid to him to secure the license applied for. . · ' ~ '~. ' '~ ' ~;;~e -i~.S~'f~no'e'-8~' 'the ' ' -1-5 - -~ny p'e~Son or 'p~s OO3o~t~.~.~ to ._ ._. 16 license, or .the ~'enswal thereof, ms.y file a written 17 strance v~i~ieh shall be he~-d at the next meeting or at 'a 18 time set bl~ ti~e Bo~'d of Trustees beffore the application 19 passed on. 20 Upon receiving stfbh a]'~plieation ~.d .~e~ifino~ the Bosx'd of Trustees shall refer ti~e ' ~'* ma~,oez to the City shal and President of the Board of Trustees for investiga- tion as to the moral ci~aracter of tl~e applicant, and whether 24 he is a sober and suitable p~on to keep and conduct such 25 a place, and wizet!~e~ such Place is a suitable and proper 96 }}lao~ fdr conducting ~ci~ business, and they shall then..,re- port to the Bo~'d of Trustees at the next raeeting. If 'tl~e Board. finds suci~ perso~.~'~Z-Z~'Z~~g~od, mor~! CiQsrs. ct$'~ 1 a sober a]~d suitable. -- ~3~ov~'~ ........... to conduct such place, and 2 ~.~. ouci~ place is a m~itable, ~.espeotab!~ and p!~op~r locality couducting suol~ business, agreeably to .social order and the 4 ~n"~]ioo rogt:.!ations of tho City, t!!'~]-t,tl~o?r .,~a~ in their fi ~ tion order- the ~ to '~ssuo the license. But if tl{e · ~ Board si!al! f'ind tliat the a~91ioant i:3 not a sober and suita- :: ble Del'son to ~eep, or conduct such p!aoe, :.or that such .?place 8 1.., an intproper -olao~ or locality,' oon~ider~'~o"the da~e :~o!ice ~ ': regulations of the city an(]. the sooia! order thereof, tl~ey 10 ,t ~3hs. ll deny the petition and uo license stla!! be lssu~dj. 11 ,~ " .'" a bona fide o~-chs, ser in .~'~.oc] i'aitl~ of tl%s business to v;!~icl~ ~4 consent and a-.?Droval of ti~e' Board of'Trustees of sa~ city ' ' tl~e requirements ilerein s,~ecli'le~, f6~. oota~n}.ng an origin~i 'statemeut deoignatin~ t~ psmticular ~place w!~ere ~ ' said assignee t-',. co:~.duct said business and bri,'~.'~n,~'_.o_..~ the ,. ~ ffe-~r wlthin tibia clause, and d'~at the assig~u~ent is made sub-." SO . / .. ject to tl~e approval of said Bo~d, and r'mst be verified b/ · :% both assignor' and assignee. "' °~'~TION 10.- Auv y3el~son~ firL~ o~ oor~T, ors%io~ oonCuo%in~ ": ~ ...... whole ale lia. l~.OI, ~usiness in the C~tv of/~ak.ers- OeI..~lo o_on :' 27 ,.. ness, ]~m.y 'oetitlon the Bos~'d.fof Trustees for ~. ".'~ ' 'J ~a~o-'n~ting in said petition tt~e :~lAce wt~ere said. busi- 28 to do, ........ o .... . _ · ..~ .i -, .~ , · . ness is r~sired to be carried on, a~.~{, ~.,_cn saifl ~}etitkon 30 : shall contain all the requisites of an original application Sl ' for liquor license, and be d.etez-mined by the ~'d of Trustee[~ 3~ ,.. in ti~e smme manner as aTM original application fa~ a license. SECTION 3.1.- It shall be un!e. wl~3.1 for the proprietor of any retail liquor estab)_is!~mont to permit a.uy minor ci~ild under tile age of ei..gi~teen ,-,rears, except when .in pm'suit .of some .[,a:..'~cessary. business, to vi~t, e~nter or .!81iter in or about any · bar, drinking house or other p_.~.ce v.~.here intoxicating liquors of any 7~ind are sold at retail, ~t-'any tine, within ti~e City of Bakersfield. 9 SECTION 12.- Should tho Board of Ti'ustees at any time de- l0 termine that a~ -oerson kee~ing or conducting any .......... olace ll is not a person of good, mo,'al character, or is not a sober 12 or suitable person to ke~p or conduct such Place, or has 13 'violated any ordinance of tt~e City relating to t!~e sale 14 liquors, or tl~at suci~ place is not conducted in a lawih~l or 15 orderly ~.anner, or that acts of_ ~.ny.c~!~'~.cter ~ntz-a~-y to p~-ope~- police regulations, or i~jurious to tho ~social order 17 of t!~e city or of tl~e public, e~-e per~:~itted ox" are not pre- 18 vented t!~erein, they ma~,r after notice to the person so licen- 19 seal revoke suoii ordel' and loer;;~issio:a '~ azzft cancel the license. 20 In such case ti~e J~oard of Trustees sl~a~.l be judges of ~vl~at conduct, and ~vhetl~er such conduct as afforesaid is detri~nental to morality and to the interests, soc_,:,l and police, of the city. Tl~e keeping of a disorderly or disreputable :.place, or the selling or giving away oF any spirituous, malt or 25 merited liquor, or ~i~nes, or off:~ny a~uixt~-e thereof to any minor under the age of eig!~teen ye~s, a~ the violating of any 27 of ~.e 'orovisions of tills ordiance oy any parson, sisal! 28 1 shall %::ol'k ~. revocation and forfeiture oi~ ti~e license an(i 2 .... ission of s~le, ~.u¢~,. no license shall tho~'eafter be granted ~ to sucl~ person. Bu~ no license sl~8.11 be revoked ~ ~ + e.~.ce~ upon writt§n ! 5 charges filed with the Cle~k s~ddressed to the Board of Trustees 6 ~.~i~ich shall be presented to said Board s.t its next ~'~eeting. ? T!~e Board she'll there'~..~)on set a time foz~.?nssrlng ti~e charEes 8 s.:.d.dzm~.ct the Clerk to give the oart.~ chs~ged ~t least five days notice of the hosting, and serve therewith a coi-~y of said 10 charge s. ll 12 SECTION 1S.- Every ~person, fiznu or corporation desiring to 15 open, keep or conduct .~. wholesale or rets. il liquor ests. blish- 14 ?~,ont in said City, or engage in tl~e business thereof, subse- 15 .~uent to the Slst ~.a~ of December: 1904.,~ %:~i%ethe%-' t3%e~: h~v.g 16 have not been e~..gaged in said busine~s prior to ~s. id 51st day 17 of Dece~uber, 1904, .~hall luake an s.p':plication in ~.~riting to the 18 Board of Trustees fo'~' per~uission to obtain the license requi~ed. 19 in accordance v~ith tl~e p~-ovisions of tl;is ordinance ~.s set 20 ~orth and contained in Section Nine i~ereof, setting fortl~ in 21 said application, wi~et!~er an orig.inal,..lieense is desired or 2~- the renewal of an existing !lc~nse. And it st~all be unla~.~ful fora~_~ ?~ersou, firth, or cor~.-~ora- Z4 tion after the $1st day of Dece~.ber, 190~, to open, keep or conduct either a wholesale or-~:etail liquor ostab!islm~ent where spirituous, ~al{ 'or fer?~ente~liquors, v;ines, or ciders or ~uixed. intoxicati?g liquors 8.re sold, served or given or otgerwise disposed of, w'ithout having first obtained a li- ,~n~ City of Bak- ceuse so to do fro?~, tl~e Board of Truste,~s of ~ = ersfield, as in this secti.~n herein 'provided. i SECTION 1-t.~ Ttiat con~m, encing witil the first day of ~ no licsnse to sell liquor at retail or to n~intain ~n estao!~s~ent such as ~ef~ned in ~~f t~s o~d~- ~ance shall be granted4~~_ ~ 7 [Tether-. 9 SECTION 1'5.~ 'The whole n~uber of retail 'l!ejJ. or licenses ~ lO granted and in force at any one ti~ue, ~hall. not exceed ti~irty- 11. five from and after the ti~ue wi~en the m~;~bek- - o~.all have been ~'educed to said n~ffabcr, as provided in Sect'ion four, teen here- 15 SECTION 18.- Any Derson or ~ersons 'violating 'or wi!~'ul!y non-coz..~u, lying with an]~ of the provisions of ~his ordinance 17 is guilty of a n~isder~eanor, and sl~all~pon conviction t!~ereof be punislxed b.V a fine not exceedin.~: ~t~und. red doll,s, or, 19 be imprisoned in the County Jail not exceeding ...... ~ds. ys, or, by bott~ such fine and impriso~.~en~. 21 EECTION 17.- This ordinance sha~,~take efffect and be in ~ll tl~is o~dins.noe takes effect, all previous, existing ordinances ' 25 ~6 relating to the issuance of licenses for the Sale of liquors 27 in the City of Bakersfield; sha]Jl be and ~'e repealed. ............ 28 ............................................. / ,~ the fo!loving vote~ NOES · .~' . .-. ~.~:i~ , P,fssident of the Bo~d of Trustees 1. Pa::zed this 'ay of De.ce'..,':ber, '!S'C~, 1~¥ the fo!lov&ng vote: :, 4 AYE S: . ~:. - - 5 6 NOES: . ? ABSENT. ~.' 8 il ~,';~. . ,1..~.~...z ~' , II._ ~ ,~,~,,_ I .~t ~ . I · I . 11 [;9' ' ~ ~l~"-'~; i i ] P.~eslde~!t of the Bo~d. of Trustees 1~ ~., . .., ~ of t!~e City of ~-.= .:~_, ..~ . ~9 ..... 28 ............... -