Parish Ordinances
Sec. 2-4. Hours of sale and consumption on licensed premises restricted.
The sale of all alcoholic beverages, whether defined as “malt beverages” or “liquors”, and the consumption of said beverages on any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages under the provisions of section 2-17, et seq., of the Code are both prohibited within the parish, outside the corporate limits of incorporated villages, towns and cities from the hours of 12:00 midnight until 8:00 a.m. each day and from Saturday at 12:00 midnight until the following Monday at 8:00 a.m.
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.
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
Section 14:1. – Annual permits required for dealers in alcoholic beverages; license fee.
A.
In addition to all other licenses and excise taxes imposed in other ordinances of the mayor and board of aldermen, there is hereby levied an annual license tax upon each and every person, association, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of dealing in beer, port, ale, wine, alcoholic or intoxicating beverages or liquor in the city, subject to license under Section 8, Article X, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, which annual license tax shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
B.
There is hereby imposed a fee for permits for dealers of beverages of alcoholic content of less than six (6) percent of one hundred dollars (0.00) per year for a wholesale dealer’s permit, seventy-five dollars (.00) per year for a Class A retail dealer’s permit, and sixty dollars (.00) per year for a Class B retail dealer’s permit.
Section 14:21. – Hours of operation restricted.
No owners or operators of bars, saloons having liquor or other establishments having liquor or beer permits and/or other persons, firms or corporations engaged in such businesses shall open such businesses or permit same to remain open after 12:30 a.m. of every day of the week, and shall not open such places until 5:00 a.m., except that on Fridays and Saturdays such hours shall be 2:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. This section precludes the dispensing of alcoholic beverages during those hours.
(Ord. of 1-3-35, § 7; Ord. of 11-13-62, § 1; Ord. of 5-14-85; Ord. of 5-10-88)
Parish Ordinances
Sec. 3-4. Closing hours.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, owner, agent or employees of any barroom, club, tavern, lounge, or other establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed on the premises to serve drinks of any kind whether of alcoholic content or not, in or on the premises during the hours between 2:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., during which hours the establishment shall remain closed.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, owner, agent or employees of any package house to offer for sale any alcoholic beverages during the hours between 2:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
(Code 1965, § 3-33; Ord. of 6-27-77, § 3-34)
Sec. 3-5. Public consumption.
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage upon any public property, thoroughfare, right-of-way, easement, or at any business establishment or other location of any type whatsoever open to the public during the hours between 2:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
Sec. 3-51. Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to work as a bartender or barmaid in any barroom, tavern, club, or other establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed on the premises, without first making application to and securing from the chief of police a permit for such work. Owners and others having alcoholic beverages permits as owners or managers of such establishments are exempt from the provisions of this section. The fee for the permit shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
(Code 1965, § 3-41; Ord. No. 2317, 10-17-94)
Sec. 3-52. Application.
The application for a bartender’s permit shall be in writing and sworn to before a notary public, and shall contain the full name and correct address of the applicant and shall include a sworn statement that he possesses the qualifications set forth in section 3-51.
(Code 1965, § 3-43)
Sec. 3-53. Qualifications of permittee.
Each applicant for a bartender’s permit to dispense alcoholic beverages from behind a bar shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) Is a person of good character and reputation and over eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Has not been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the State of Louisiana, or any other state or country;
(3) 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;
(4) 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 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 year prior to the application;
(5) 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, illegally dealing in narcotics, or possession of any illegal narcotics;
(6) Has not been convicted of violating any municipal or parish ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 26-494;
(7) Has not had a certificate or permit to dispense alcoholic beverages from the bar issued by any other parish, municipality or state suspended or revoked.
(Code 1965, § 3-42; Ord. No. 2235, 2-28-94)
Parish Ordinances
Sec. 3-3. Consumption or carrying of alcoholic beverages in public.
No person shall consume an alcoholic beverage while standing, walking, sitting or riding on the public streets, sidewalks or other public rights-of-way of the city; nor shall any person carry an opened bottle, cup, glass, or any other open container containing any alcoholic beverage while standing, walking or riding on public streets, sidewalks or other public rights-of-way within the city.
Sec. 3-4. Closing hours.
(a) It shall be unlawful in the city for a holder of a retail liquor license of high or low alcoholic content or such person’s servants, agents, or employees, to allow or permit the licensed premises to remain open or allow any patrons to remain therein between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the same day.
(b) Grocery stores, drug stores or other establishments situated in the city, the main business of which is not the sale of alcoholic beverages of high or low alcoholic content, may remain open for the sale of other items permitted by law, but any sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in such places of business during the prohibited hours above set forth is expressly prohibited.
(Ord. of 4-15-82; Ord. of 2-1-86)
Sec. 3-61. Bartending permit; required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to work as a bartender or barmaid in any barroom, tavern, club, or other establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed on the premises, without first making application to and securing from the parish sheriff a permit for such work. Owners and others having alcoholic beverages permits as owners or managers of such establishments are exempt from the provisions of this section. The fee for the permit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) plus actual cost of state police background investigation.
(Ord. No. 2007-50, § I, 12-11-07)
Sec. 3-62. Application requirements.
The application for a bartender’s permit shall be in writing and sworn to before a notary public, and shall contain the full name and correct address of the applicant and shall include a sworn statement that he possesses the qualifications set forth in section 3-63.
(Ord. No. 2007-50, § II, 12-11-07)
Sec. 3-63. Applicant qualifications.
Each applicant far a bartender’s permit to dispense alcoholic beverages from behind a bar shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) Is a person of good character and reputation and over eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Has not been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the State of Louisiana, or any other state or country;
(3) 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;
(4) 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 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 year prior to the application;
(5) 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, illegally dealing in narcotics, or possession of any illegal narcotics;
(6) Has not been convicted of violating any municipal or parish ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 26:494;
(7) Has not had a certificate or permit to dispense alcoholic beverages from the bar issued by any other parish, municipality or state suspended or revoked.
(Ord. No. 2007-50, § III, 12-11-07)
Parish Ordinances
Sec. 4-1. Closing hours of establishments.
(a)
It shall be unlawful in the parish (excluding incorporated municipalities) for a holder of a retail liquor license and permit of high or low alcoholic content or such holder’s servants, agents or employees, to allow or permit the licensed premises to remain open or allow any patrons to remain therein between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the same day.
(b)
Grocery stores, drug stores or other establishments situated in the parish (excluding incorporated municipalities) whose main business is not the sale of alcoholic beverages of high or low alcoholic content may remain open for the sale of other items permitted by law, but any sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in such places of business during the prohibited hours set forth is expressly prohibited.
(c)
Any person who violates this section shall be subject to having such person’s license to dispense alcoholic beverages suspended or revoked by the sheriff. Further, such person shall be subject to prosecution, and on conviction, to punishment as provided in section 1-8
(Ord. of 12-15-77, §§ 1—3; Ord. of 2-4-82, §§ 1—3; Ord. of 11-8-75)
Sec. 4-22. Obtaining and posting license.
No person shall engage in either of the businesses described in section 4-20 without first obtaining the necessary licenses required hereunder. All licenses issued hereunder must be posted in a conspicuous place in the licensed premises.
Sec. 4-30. Certificate of qualification required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to be employed as a bartender, barmaid, waitress, performer or entertainer in any place of business where malt, vinous, spirituous, alcoholic, or intoxicating liquors, containing more than six (6) per cent of alcohol by volume, are sold, as the principal commodity of said business, in the parish, without first obtaining a certificate of qualification to be so employed, as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. of 11-18-71, § 1; Ord. of 11-7-85)
Sec. 4-31. Qualifications of applicant for certificate.
Each applicant for a certificate of qualification shall possess the following qualifications:
(1)
Is a person of good character and reputation and over twenty-one (21) years of age if that person is a bartender, barmaid or waitress, and is a person of good character and reputation and over eighteen (18) years of age if that person is a performer or entertainer.
(2)
Has not been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the state, or any other state or country.
(3)
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.
(4)
Has not had a license or permit to sell or deal in alcoholic beverages, issued by the United States, or any state, or by any political subdivision of a state authorized to issue permits or licenses, revoked within one year prior to the application, or been convicted or had a judgment of court rendered against such person involving alcoholic beverages by this or any other state or by the United States for one-year prior to the application.
(5)
Has not been adjudged by the board of alcoholic beverage control or convicted by a court of violating any of the provisions of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statues, and the amendments thereto.
(6)
Has not been convicted of violating any municipal or parish ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:494.
(7)
Has not had a certificate of qualification to dispense alcoholic beverages from the bar issued by any other parish, municipal or state suspended or revoked.
(8)
Has obtained the approval of the sheriff on the application filed as having met all of the requirements contained in the foregoing subsections.
(Ord. of 11-18-71, § 2; Ord. of 11-7-85)
Parish Ordinances
Sec. 3-5. – Hours of operation restricted.
Establishments or places of business selling or dispensing any beverage containing any alcohol of any content, whatsoever, shall close at 2:00 a.m. and not reopen until 7:00 a.m. on Monday through Sunday morning at 2:00 a.m., except that opening on Sunday shall not be permitted until 12:00 noon.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent the sale by a licensed pharmacist of any intoxicating beverage on prescription of a licensed physician for medical treatment.
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.
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.
