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)
