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Home My WebLink About32 of 1959 - Amending Title 19 of the R.O. 1955, by adding C Chapter 2, relating to licensing places of business [�� ROLL CALL Salt Lake City,Utah,....1�"' 7 ti , 1957 VOTING Aye I Nay I move that the Ordinance be passed. Burbidge . . t Christensen . Geurts — / Romney . . ^ Mr.Chairman . V ` AN ORDINANCE Result . . . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 19 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955, relating to intoxicating liquor, by adding to said Title a new chapter to be known as Chapter 2, relating to the licensing of places of business for the purpose of allowing the consump- tion of liquor by persons other than the licensee or operator or employee of either upon the licensed premises. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Title 19 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955, relating to intoxicating liquor, be, and the same hereby is, amended by adding to said Title a new chapter to be known as Chapter 2, relating to the licensing of places of business for the purpose of allowing the consumption of liquor by persons other than the licensee or operator or employee of either upon the licensed premises, said Chapter 2 to read as follows: "CHAPTER 2" "L I Q U 0 R" "Section 19-2-1. It shall be unlawful for any 'place of business' as herein defined knowningly to permit or allow customers, guests, or any other person to consume 'liquor' as defined in this Title, or possess liquor on which the seal has been broken, at said place of business without first obtaining a license under this Chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume 'liquor' in an unlicensed place of business, as provided herein. "Section 19-2-2. 'Place of business' as used in this Chapter shall be deemed to include cafes, restaurants, public dining rooms, cafeterias, taverns, cabarets, and any other place where the general public is invited or admitted for business purposes. Multiple dining facilities located in one building and owned or leased and operated by one license applicant shall be deemed to be only one 'place of business' as herein defined. Premises owned or leased and operated by non-profit corporations bonded, regulated, and operated in compliance with the provisions of Title 16, Chapter 6, Utah Code Annotated 1953, are not 'places of business' and shall be exempt from this chapter. Occupied hotel and motel rooms are not open to the public and shall be exempt from this Chapter.r r {PUBLICATION. WITHHELD SEE BILL #37l_ 2 - 2 - "Section 19-2-3. It shall be unlawful for any person to store any 'liquor in or on places of business licensed by this Chapter. It shall be unlawful for any licensee, or any operator or employee of a licensee, to hold, store, or possess 'liquor' on premises licensed by this chapter. Persons other than the licensee, or other than the operator or employee of the licensee, may, with the consent of the licensee or operator or employee of either, possess and consume 'liquor' on the licensed premises. "Section 19-2-4. Each application for an annual license provided for by this Chapter, for which the fee shall be $50.00, shall be accompanied by a cashiers check in the amount of $50.00 which annual fee shall be deposited in the City Treasury if the license is granted, and returned to the applicant if denied. Application for this annual license shall be upon a form furnished by the City, signed under oath by the applicant, and addressed to the City Commission. The form shall require information show- ing applicant's age, citizenship, moral character and reputation, and con- viction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, if any. If applicant be a partnership or association or a corporation, the same information shall be obtained with respect to each partner, or association member or corporate director or corporate officer. Each licensee must be over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and a citizen of the United States. No license shall be granted to any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. If applicant be a partnership, association or corporation, each partner, association member, or corporate director or corporate officer shall meet all of the foregoing qualifications. "Section 19-2-5. The Police Department shall examine all applica- tions and investigate all applicants ( for licenses under this Chapter. Following such examination and investigation, the recommendations of the Pdice Department shall be made in writing to the City CommtBion, who shall be the licensing authority. The Police Department shall be permit- ted to have access to all premises licensed or applying for licenses under this chapter, and shall make periodic inspections of said premises and - report its findings to the City Commission. Any license issued pursuant to this Chapter may, after a hearing, be suspended or revoked for the violation on the licensed premises of any provision of this or any other applicable ordinance or law relating to the possession, consumption, storage or sale of 'liquor,' or if it be determined that the licensee is no longer a fit person to hold said license under the standards herein set forth. The City Commission shall hear and determine all suspension and revocation matters. If at any time a license under the provisions of this Chapter is denied, suspended or revoked, it shall thereafter be unlawful to permit any person to possess or consume 'liquor' on the premises described in said application or license until the old license is reinstated or a new one is issued by the City Commission. Each license issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be displayed at all times on the licensed premises in a place readily visible to the public. after one A. M. on Sundays, and "Section 19-2-6. (It shall be illegal to possess or consume liquor on premises licensed hereunder/between the hours of one A. M. and seven A. M. of any other day. It shall be illegal for any licensee, or operator, or employee of a licensee hereunder, to permit any customer, guest, or any other person to possess or consume 'liquor' on the licensed premises after one A. M. on Sundays, and between the hours of one A. M. and seven A. M. of any other day. - 3 - "Section 19-2-7. Premises licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall maintain throughout said licensed premises and during business hours a minimum of one candle power light measured at a level five (5) feet above the floor. "Section 19-2-8. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this Chapter shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $299.00 or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period not longer than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment." SECTION 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners, it is necessary to the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of Salt Lake City that this ordinance become effective immediately. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first publication. Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 7th day of - May , 1959. C t ( S E A BILL NO. 32 of 1959 Not Published (SEE BILL NO. 37 of 1960)