Parish Ordinances
Sec. 4-12. Closing hours.
No permittee hereunder shall serve or sell any alcoholic beverages between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. every day.
(Code 1999, § 10-2012)
City and local ordinances may limit the actions of an alcoholic beverage server/seller or may provide additional rules that govern this type of transaction. Please check with your local authorities or government bodies to ensure that you are following the local laws and are in compliance with any requirements that they have set forth. Generally, local laws and ordinances are in line with the state’s rules but may further restrict the sale of alcoholic beverages to certain days and/or hours. They may also limit the location and other variables such as seller’s age, package contents, etc. Also remember that their laws are not limited to the sale of alcoholic beverage products. Tobacco products, including CBD, may also be covered in the local ordinances. The list of local ordinances provided by ABSEC is based upon the ordinances published by the individual parishes, cities and towns, and may not be current. It is recommended that you verify the accuracy of the information presented on this website prior to the sale of any alcohol or tobacco/CBD product.
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Parish Ordinances
Sec. 5-3. – Closing hours.
(a) Between the hours of 12:00 midnight on Saturday and 12:00 noon on Sunday, or between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. the following morning, Sunday through Friday, it shall be unlawful for any retail dealer which is a restaurant establishment to sell, offer to sell, dispense or give away any beverages of either low or high alcoholic content within the city, except that the lawful hours shall be extended to 2:00 a.m. on January 1 (New Year’s Day) of each calendar year only.
(b) Between the hours of 12:00 midnight on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. on the following Monday, or between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. the following morning, Monday through Friday, it shall be unlawful for any retail dealer other than a restaurant establishment to sell, offer to sell, dispense or give away any beverages of either low or high alcoholic content within the city.
(c) If the sale of low or high alcoholic content beverages and/or admission or cover charges to the facility constitutes a majority of the gross receipts of any retail dealer, then at the hours set forth in this section, the business establishment shall be closed and the dealer shall cause the customers and patrons to leave the premises not later than 12:15 a.m., and shall securely lock all of the entrance doors to the building or other facilities where the high or low alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed.
(Ord. No. 1395, § 1, 12-17-2002; Ord. No. 1621, § 2, 12-5-2011)
Sec. 5-5. – Bottle club, private club; definitions; hours; prohibited acts.
(a) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Bottle club means any establishment in which the owner/operator or his employee does not sell, serve, handle, dispense or store alcoholic beverages, but patrons are allowed to consume alcoholic beverages on the premises either from the patron’s own store, stock or supplies of alcoholic beverages or from any other source, and the establishment’s main business transactions (admission fees) are related to alcoholic beverages.
Private club means an organization with limited and restricted membership which either:
(1) Is nonprofit in nature and classified as exempt from the payment of state and federal income tax; or
(2) Charges members dues or other charges for membership of at least $50.00 per month; requires that the dues of any member must be fully paid in order to be a member; and exists for a fraternal, educational or social purpose.
(b) Bottle clubs; prohibitions.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any bottle club to permit or admit any member of the public into such establishment, or part thereof, between the hours of 12:00 midnight on Sunday until 6:00 a.m. the following Monday.
(2) The owner/operator of any bottle club shall remove all patrons and members of the public from the premises by 12:01 a.m., and all doors to such premises shall be locked and closed and the establishment shall not be reopened until after 6:00 a.m. the following morning. The owner/operator and his employees or agents may enter the closed premises for the purpose of cleaning, taking stock or other work within the establishment.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any bottle club to permit members of the public to remain in the parking lot of such establishment for more than 30 minutes after the closing of such establishment.
(c) Private clubs. Private clubs and/or individuals who allow nonmember, general public entry; alcoholic consumption on the premises; and charge a fee or something of value for entry to such establishment shall be subject to the same operating guidelines for bottle clubs as specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(Ord. No. 1395, § 1, 12-17-2002)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.
Parish Ordinances
SECTION 13.
No person holding a retail dealer’s permit and no servant, agent or employee of the permitee, shall sell or serve any beverage of a low alcoholic content or of a high alcoholic content or any malt beverage as defined herein between the hours of Midnight and 6:00 o’clock A.M. and/or between the days of Saturday at Midnight and Monday at 6:00 o’clock A.M.
Sec. 3-6. Location restrictions.
(a) No permit shall be issued pursuant to this ordinance in contravention of any village ordinances adopted pursuant to the zoning laws of the state.
(b) No permit shall be issued pursuant to this ordinance for any premises situated within 300 feet or less distance of a building occupied exclusively as a church or synagogue, public library, public playground, or school. This distance shall be measured as a person walks using the sidewalk, street, or road from the nearest point of the church or synagogue, public library, public playground, or school, to the nearest point of the premises to be licensed as described in the application.
(c) The restrictions contained in this section do not apply to premises which are maintained as a bona fide hotel, railroad car, or fraternal organizations.
Sec. 5-1. Hours of operation.
It shall be unlawful for any retail dealer or wholesale dealer to open for business or admit or permit any member of the public to enter on or into an establishment or any part thereof between the hours of midnight and 7:00 a.m. and between the hours of 12:00 a.m. on Sunday until 7:00 a.m. the following Monday. The owner/operator or licensed seller of alcoholic beverages shall remove all patrons and members of the public from the premises by 12:01 a.m. and all doors to said premises shall be locked and closed and the establishment not reopened until 7:00 a.m. the next morning on which sales of alcoholic beverages can be lawfully made. It shall be unlawful for any owner/operator or licensed seller of alcoholic beverages to allow patrons and members of the public to remain in its parking lot for more than thirty (30) minutes after its closing. The owner/operator or licensed seller of alcoholic beverages and his employees or agents may enter the closed premises for the purpose of cleaning, taking stock, or other such work reasonably required to be performed on or within the premises while such premises are closed and no business is being transacted.
Nothing contained hereto shall prohibit a grocery store, pharmacy, or other similar business possessing a retail or wholesale dealer permit from remaining open for business other than the sale of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. and between the hours of 12:00 a.m. on Sunday until 7:00 a.m. on the following Monday so long as alcoholic beverages are not allowed to be sold, possessed, or consumed on the premises thereof during said times.
Sec. 5-2. Bottle clubs; hours of operation.
(a) The operation of a bottle club whose primary function is to facilitate the use and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any other bottle club lawfully operating within the village to admit or permit any member of the public to enter on or into an establishment or any part thereof, between the hours of midnight and 7:00 a.m. and between the hours of 12:00 a.m. on Sunday until 10:00 a.m. the following Monday.
(c) In any bottle club lawfully operating within the village, the owner or operator shall remove all patrons and members of the public from the premises by 12:01 a.m. and all doors to said premises shall be locked and closed and the establishment not re-opened until 10:00 a.m. the next morning on which sales of alcoholic beverages can be lawfully made. The owner or operator and his employees or agents may enter the closed premises for the purpose of cleaning, taking stock, or other such work reasonably required to be performed on or within the premises while such premises are closed and no business is being transacted.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any bottle club to permit members of the public to remain in its parking lot for more than thirty (30) minutes after its closing.
Sec. 5-3. Public possession or consumption.
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or possess any alcohol beverage of any kind on any street or highway or in any public place; including but not limited to, any property owned by the village. Public possession does not include the possession or consumption of any alcoholic beverage under the following circumstances:
(a) For an established religious purpose.
(b) For medical purposes prescribed or administered by a licensed physicians, pharmacist, dentist, nurse, hospital, or medical institution.
(c) In private residences.
Sec. 5-4. Noise prohibition.
It shall be unlawful for any owner/operator or licensed seller of alcoholic beverages to play or allow to be played live or recorded music which is so unreasonably intrusive or offensive so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of any other property located within the vicinity of the premises. Additionally, any person so unreasonably disturbed or offended by such noise shall have a cause of action for damages and may retain injunctive relief if the premises are not in compliance with the provisions of this section.
Parish Ordinances
Sec. 4-3. – State permit also required.
No person shall do any act for which a permit is required by this chapter unless he holds the proper state and local permit. Each day’s business by a wholesaler or retailer without such a valid, unsuspended permit constitutes a separate violation of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 100, § 4, 6-11-1974)
Sec. 4-14. – Closing hours.
No retail dealer, nor his servant, agent or employee, shall sell, offer to sell, dispense or give away beverages of low or high alcoholic content within the municipal limits of the town on any legal holiday, or on any other day between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. on the following morning. Legal holidays are defined as follows:
(1) Good Friday.
(2) Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day).
(3) December 25 (Christmas Day).
(4) All election days in LaSalle Parish.
(Ord. No. 100, § 16, 6-11-1974; Ord. of 12-7-1999)
City and local ordinances may limit the actions of an alcoholic beverage server/seller or may provide additional rules that govern this type of transaction. Please check with your local authorities or government bodies to ensure that you are following the local laws and are in compliance with any requirements that they have set forth. Generally, local laws and ordinances are in line with the state’s rules. If you have any questions about an issue or situation, please do not hesitate to reach out to your local authority and/or the Louisiana ATC for further clarification.
ABSEC LLC is also available should you have any additional questions or simply wish to get some guidance on a particular scenario or situation. We have assembled a team of subject matter experts in this area and have experience in a large majority of the situations in which you may have questions. lease use our contact us page to submit a message. A response can be expected within one business day.
Parish Ordinances
Sec. 3-16. – Certificate required to dispense alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.
No person shall dispense alcoholic beverages of low or high alcoholic content in any business licensed under article II for on-premises consumption without having been certified or qualified to do so by the mayor and without having complied with the provisions of this article.
(Ord. No. 737, § 1, 10-13-70)
Sec. 3-17. – Persons excepted from article’s provisions.
The holder of a permit to sell alcoholic beverages at a particular establishment may dispense alcoholic beverages at that establishment without having a certificate of qualification required by this article.
(Ord. No. 737, § 2, 10-13-70)
Sec. 3-18. – New employees to secure certificate within five days of employment.
New employees hired to dispense alcoholic beverages shall be required to secure a certificate of qualification within five (5) days of their employment.
(Ord. No. 737, § 2, 10-31-70)
Sec. 3-19. – Employment of person who fails or refuses to secure certificate prohibited.
No person holding a permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, and no agent, associate, employee or representative of any such holder of a permit, shall employ or retain anyone who has failed or refused to obtain a certificate of qualification as required by this article.
(Ord. No. 737, § 2, 10-13-70)
Sec. 3-20. – Applicant’s qualification.
Each applicant for a certificate of qualification to dispense alcoholic beverages shall possess the following qualifications:
(a)
Is a person of good character and reputation and over eighteen (18) years of age.
(b)
Is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Louisiana, and has been a resident of the State of Louisiana for at least six (6) months.
(c)
Has not been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the State of Louisiana, or any other state or country.
(d)
Has not been convicted in this or in any other state, or by the United States or any other country, of soliciting for prostitution, pandering, letting premises for prostitution, contributing to the delinquency of juveniles, keeping a disorderly place, or illegally dealing in narcotics.
(e)
Has not had a license or permit to sell or deal in alcoholic beverages issued by the United States, any state, or by any political subdivision of a state authorized to issue permits or licenses, revoked within one (1) year prior to the application, or been convicted or had a judgment of court rendered against him involving alcoholic beverages by this or any other state, or by the United States, for one (1) year prior to the application.
(f)
Has not been adjudged by the Louisiana Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control, or convicted by a court, of violating any of the provisions of title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
(g)
Has not been convicted of violating any municipal or parish ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 26:494.
(h)
Has not had a certificate of qualification to dispense alcoholic beverages issued by any other parish, municipality or state suspended or revoked.
(Ord. No. 737, § 1, 10-13-70; Ord. No. 2218, 8-17-04)
Sec. 3-21. – Applicants required to be photographed and fingerprinted.
Each applicant having a certificate of qualification to dispense alcoholic beverages in a place licensed for on-premises consumption shall be photographed and fingerprinted by the police department of the city.
(Ord. No. 737, § 1, 10-13-70)
Sec. 3-22. – Application; form; contents.
The application for a certificate of qualification shall be in writing and sworn to, and shall contain the following information:
(a)
The full name, sex, date and place of birth, and the marital status of applicant.
(b)
The correct address of applicant.
(c)
The name of the place of business of present employment, the name of employer, and the correct address of the place of employment.
(d)
Name, correct address and the period of employment of last two (2) places of employment.
The application shall also include a sworn statement that the applicant possesses the qualifications set forth in section 3-20 of this article.
The mayor may refuse to issue a certificate of qualification to dispense alcoholic beverages to any person who lacks any of the qualifications set forth above.
(Ord. No. 737, § 2, 10-13-70)
Sec. 3-23. – Certificate fee.
Each applicant shall pay to the city at the time of receiving his certificate of qualification a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the cost of issuing such certificate.
(Ord. No. 737, § 1, 10-13-70; Ord. No. 1397, 3-31-87)
Sec. 3-24. – Renewal of certificate; duplicate; fee.
Every certificate of qualification must be renewed every two (2) years, and it shall be renewable on or before its expiration by filing an application for renewal of certificate of qualification with the mayor and by payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to cover the cost of issuing a new certificate. In addition, the cost for issuance of a duplicate certificate shall be in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) each.
(Ord. No. 737, § 2, 10-13-70; Ord. No. 1420, 9-15-87)
Sec. 3-24.1. – Sales prohibited; closing hours; penalty.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for the holder of any permit issued under the provisions of this article to sell, serve or donate alcoholic beverages of either high or low alcoholic content to persons under the age of eighteen (18) years, to persons known to be drunkards or to persons visibly intoxicated; and it shall be unlawful for the holder of such permit to sell, serve or donate beverages of high or low alcoholic content to be consumed on or off the premises except between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. of the following day.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any holder of any permit issued under the provisions of this article or his agents or employees to allow any alcoholic beverage drinks, of either high or low alcoholic content, delivered to customers before 2:00 a.m. to remain anywhere on the premises after the hour of 2:30 a.m.
(c)
It shall be unlawful for any holder of any permit issued under the provisions of this article or his agents or employees to allow the premises which sell said alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises to remain open to the general public between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.
(d)
Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days in jail, or both, at the discretion of the court.
(Ord. No. 1394, 3-17-87; Ord. No. 1445, 6-21-88)
Parish Ordinances
Sec. 6-73. Hours of sale restricted.
(a) The sale of any intoxicating, spirituous, alcoholic, vinous or malt liquors, whether of more or less than six percent of alcohol by volume, is permitted every day except as provided, restricted or prohibited in this section. The prohibitions, exceptions and restrictions set out in this section shall have no application to those days upon which falls New Year’s Eve from 6:00 p.m. thereof to 2:00 a.m. of the following day.
(b) Except as hereinafter provided, the sale of intoxicating, spirituous, alcoholic, vinous or malt liquors of an alcoholic content of more or less than six percent by volume between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Monday, and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, is prohibited.
(c) The prohibition contained in this section shall not be applicable between the hours of 6:00 a.m. Sunday and 12:00 a.m. Monday to those persons holding a license to operate a restaurant issued by the city, which licensee shall be permitted to serve alcoholic beverages of high and low alcoholic content between the hours of 6:00 a.m. Sunday and 12:00 a.m. Monday provided the restaurant facilities are open and in operation during the same period.
(d) Motels, hotels and convention facilities shall be permitted to serve beverages described in this section between the hours of 6:00 a.m. Sunday to 12:00 a.m. Monday to legitimate groups, guests and other private functions, but shall be prohibited from opening bars or lounges to the general public, during the hours specified herein, for the purpose of selling such beverages.
(e) Religious, charitable, fraternal, veterans and other private clubs, organizations and facilities, which are nonprofit and tax-exempt as defined by the Internal Revenue Service shall be permitted to sell beverages between the hours of 6:00 a.m. Sunday and 12:00 a.m. Monday.
(f) Any establishment where intoxicating, spirituous, alcoholic, vinous or malt liquors, whether of more or less than six percent of alcohol by volume, are the principal commodities sold or handled shall close and remain closed and all non employee’s must removed from the premises continuously between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 12:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Monday and between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
(g) The consumption of intoxicating, spirituous, alcoholic, vinous or malt liquors, whether of more or less than six percent of alcohol by volume, in any establishment or on the grounds and/or parking lot of any establishment, provided such liquors were provided either through the sale or gift by the establishment, between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 12:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Monday and 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday is prohibited.
(Code 1988, § 3-63; Ord. No. 2000-020, § 1, 4-3-2000; Ord. No. 2000-022, § 1, 5-15-2000; Ord. No. 2004-005, § 1, 4-19-2004; Ord. No. 2012-014, § 1, 6-19-2012)
Sec. 6-82. Disturbing the peace or improper conduct in premises of retail dealer.
No person holding any retail dealer’s permit required by the provisions of this chapter, or any of his servants, agents, associates, representatives or employees, shall permit any disturbance of the peace, or obscenity, or any lewd, immoral or improper entertainment, conduct or practices, in the licensed premises.
(Code 1988, § 3-72)