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)
